# अथर्ववेद (atharvaveda)

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अथर्ववेद (atharvaveda) is a Sanskrit word meaning the fourth Veda, the Atharvaveda. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them The Atharvaveda as a sacred text (Veda), Textual Citations of Atharvaveda.

- **SLP1:** `aTarvaveda`  **IAST:** atharvaveda  **Devanagari:** अथर्ववेद
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atharvaveda

## Meanings by context

### The Atharvaveda as a sacred text (Veda) (4 definitions)
- the fourth Veda  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 17,3] अथर्व (atharva) — वेद (—veda) m. N. of the fourth Veda (see above). [ ID=3557 ]
- The fourth Veda  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अथर्ववेद (atharvaveda) [Printed book page 008-3 ] अथर्ववेद (atharvaveda) atharva-veda, m. Atharva ( fourth ) Veda. [ ID=877 ]
- the Atharvaveda  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अथर्ववेद (atharvaveda) [Printed book page 011 ] अथर्ववेद (atharvaveda) m. the Atharvaveda. [ ID=715 ]
- The fourth Veda, known as the Atharvaveda  
  *Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अथर्ववेद (veda) (atharvaveda) [Printed book page 045-b ] अथर्ववेद (veda) (atharvaveda) Tatpur. m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) The fourth or Atharvaveda (see ऋच्, यजुस्, सामन् (ṛc, yajus, sāman) ), the Veda revealed by Atharvan or Angiras and sometimes considered, therefore, personified as a son of Angiras. See अथर्वन् (atharvan), अथर्वाङ्गिरस्, प्रत्यङ्गिरस्, (atharvan, atharvāṅgiras, pratyaṅgiras,) ब्रह्मवेद (veda) (brahmaveda). E. अथर्वन् (atharvan) and वेद (veda). [ ID=1564 ]

### Textual Citations of Atharvaveda (1 definition)
- The fourth Veda, containing magical formulas, incantations, and hymns.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > अथर्ववेद (atharvaveda) [Printed book page 099-1 ] Atharvaveda : I, 2883 ( °pravarāḥ ); II, 450; III, 15147 ( °proktaiḥ ); V, 548 ( °mantraiḥ ); XIII, 469 ( °veda vede ca ). [ ID=941 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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