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Atharvaveda

Also known as Atharva Veda

The Atharvaveda or Atharva Veda (, , from अथर्वन्, "priest" and वेद, "knowledge") is the "knowledge storehouse of atharvans, the procedures for everyday life". The text is the fourth Veda, and is a late addition to the Vedic scriptures of Hinduism.

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The Atharvaveda is the fourth and latest addition to Hinduism's sacred Vedic scriptures, containing practical knowledge and procedures meant for everyday life rather than ritual ceremonies. It serves as a knowledge storehouse compiled by the atharvans, a priestly class, and offers insights into the daily practices and concerns of ancient Hindu society.

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Religious text.religion: Historical Vedic religionHinduism
Religious text.image: Atharva-Veda samhita page 471 illustration.png
Religious text.alt: Four Vedas
Religious text.language: Vedic Sanskrit
Religious text.caption: Atharva-Veda Saṁhitā Manuscript
Religious text.period: Vedic period ( 1200–900 BCE)
Religious text.chapters: 20 kāṇḍas
Religious text.verses: 5,977 mantras
Religious text.background: FFC569

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title: अथर्ववेद

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Contents

Etymology and nomenclature
Dating and historical context
Text
Recensions
Organization
Contents
Samhita
Surgical and medical treatment
Charms against fever, jaundice and diseases
Remedy from medicinal herbs
Spells and prayers to gain a lover, spouse
Speculations on the nature of man, life, good and evil
Prayer for peace
Brahmana
Upanishads
Mundaka Upanishad
Mandukya Upanishad
Prashna Upanishad
Manuscripts and translations
Influence
Medicine and health care
Literature
See also
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

The language of the Atharvaveda is different from Rigvedic Sanskrit, preserving pre-Vedic Indo-European archaisms. It is a collection of 730 hymns with about 6,000 mantras, divided into 20 books. About a sixth of the Atharvaveda texts adapt verses from the Rigveda, and except for Books 15 and 16, the text is mainly in verse deploying a diversity of Vedic meters. Two different recensions of the text – the and the – have survived into modern times. Reliable manuscripts of the Paippalada edition were believed to have been lost, but a well-preserved version was discovered among a collection of palm leaf manuscripts in Odisha in 1957.