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  • proper noun A sacred text of Hinduism, and one of the four Vedas, often called the "fourth Veda".

Etymologies

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From Sanskrit अथर्ववेद (Atharva-véda), from अथर्वन् (átharvan, "a type of priest") and वेद (veda, "knowledge").

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Examples

  • In India, the ancient Atharvaveda contained a charm to take the disease from the patient and transfer it into a yellow wagtail.

    Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994

  • In India, the ancient Atharvaveda contained a charm to take the disease from the patient and transfer it into a yellow wagtail.

    Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994

  • In India, the ancient Atharvaveda contained a charm to take the disease from the patient and transfer it into a yellow wagtail.

    Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994

  • In India, the ancient Atharvaveda contained a charm to take the disease from the patient and transfer it into a yellow wagtail.

    Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994

  • Pariśiṣṭas of the Atharvaveda (tenth or eleventh cen - tury?); in works of the thirteenth century and later, en - titled tājika, a massive infusion of the Arabic versions of celestial omina, as transmitted through Persian

    ASTROLOGY DAVID PINGREE 1968

  • Atharvaveda contains little else than magical recitations against every ill and for every happening.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • The Atharvaveda praises God in Book 20, hymn 58 and verse 3:

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • 1000 B.C.E., possibly two centuries prior to the related Gathas in the Avesta of Iran; the Samaveda, which contains antiphonal selections from the Rig; the Yajurveda, hymns and sacrificial prose; and the Atharvaveda, a repertory of magical formulae.

    C. Early Civilizations and Classical Empires of South and East Asia 2001

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