Atharvaveda
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...