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Atharvaveda

The Atharvaveda is the Veda of knowledge, encompassing a wide range of topics, including rituals, magic, medicine, and ethics. It contains hymns for health, prosperity, protection, and peace, and is distinct from the other Vedas due to its focus on practical and worldly aspects of life, along with spiritual dimensions.

The Atharvaveda is the Veda of knowledge, encompassing a wide range of topics, including rituals, magic, medicine, and ethics. It contains hymns for health, prosperity, protection, and peace, and is distinct from the other Vedas due to its focus on practical and worldly aspects of life, along with spiritual dimensions.

Quick Facts

Composition Period

c. 1200 - 900 BCE

Language

Vedic Sanskrit

Scope

730 hymns