• The Atharvaveda or Atharva Veda (Sanskrit: अथर्ववेद, IAST: Atharvaveda, from अथर्वन्, "priest" and वेद, "knowledge") or Atharvana Veda (Sanskrit: अथर्वणवेद...
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    Vedas (section Atharvaveda)
    There are four Vedas: the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda. Each Veda has four subdivisions – the Samhitas (mantras and benedictions)...
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  • are also alternatively described as the daughters of Kashyapa. In the Atharvaveda (Shaunakiya recension, hymn 19.7) a list of 27 stars or asterisms is...
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    not counted in the list of seven great sages. In some manuscripts of Atharvaveda, the text is attributed to "Atharvangirasah", which is a compound of...
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    as a beautiful maiden. One hymn in the Rigveda and five hymns in the Atharvaveda are dedicated to her. In later Tantric texts she occupies an important...
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    Hindukush/Pamir. Atharvaveda-Parisista juxtaposes the Vedic Bahlikas with the Kambojas (i.e., Kamboja-Bahlika). Besides the Atharvaveda Parisista, several...
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    Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda Divisions Samhita Brahmana Aranyaka Upanishads Aitareya Kaushitaki Brihadaranyaka Isha Taittiriya Katha Maitrayaniya...
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  • Samaveda Kaṭha (KaUp), Yajurveda Praśna (PrUp), Atharvaveda Muṇḍaka (MuUp), Atharvaveda Māṇḍūkya (MaUp), Atharvaveda Taittirīya (TaiUp), Yajurveda Aitareya, (AiUp)...
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    Scriptures Timeline of Hindu texts Vedas Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda Divisions Samhita Brahmana Aranyaka Upanishads Upanishads Rigveda: Aitareya...
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  • only shakha of the Atharvaveda for which both printed texts and an active oral tradition are known to still exist. For the Atharvaveda, both the Shaunakiya...
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