HISTORY

  Atharvaveda The  Atharva  Veda  ( Sanskrit : अथर्ववेदः,  Atharvavedaḥ  from  atharvāṇas  and  veda , meaning "knowledge") is the "knowledge storehouse of  atharvāṇas , the procedures for everyday life".  The text is the fourth  Veda , but has been a late addition to the Vedic scriptures of  Hinduism . Atharvaveda Four Vedas Information Religion Hinduism Language Vedic Sanskrit Period c.  1000–900 BCE Chapters 20  kāṇḍas Verses 5,977 mantras The Atharvaveda is composed in Vedic Sanskrit, and it is a collection of 730  hymns  with about 6,000 mantras, divided into 20 books.  About a sixth of the Atharvaveda texts adapts verses from the  Rigveda , and except for Books 15 and 16, the text is in poem form deploying a diversity of Vedic matters.  Two different recensions of the text – the  Paippalāda  and the  Śaunakīya  – have survived into modern times.  Reliable ma...