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What information is given in atharvaveda?
The Atharva Veda is a Vedic-era collection of spells, prayers, charms, and hymns. There are prayers to protect crops from lightning and drought, charms against venomous serpents, love spells, healing spells, hundreds of verses, some derived from the Rig Veda, all very ancient.
What do the hymns in Atharva Veda deals with?
(d) The Atharva Veda: It contains 731 hymns dealing with magic and charm. The hymns deals with the power of ghosts, spirits, gyan, karma and upasana.
What type of culture does the Atharva Veda reflect in the ancient Indian society?
They are derived from the ancient Indo-Aryan culture of the Indian Subcontinent and began as an oral tradition that was passed down through generations before finally being written in Vedic Sanskrit between 1500 and 500 BCE (Before Common Era).
How many hymns are there in Atharva Veda?
730 hymns
The Atharvaveda is a collection of 20 books, with a total of 730 hymns of about 6,000 stanzas.
What age did Atharva Veda start?
There are four Vedas: the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda….
| Vedas | |
|---|---|
| Period | c. 1500–1200 BCE (Rig Veda), c. 1200–900 BCE (Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, Atharva Veda) |
| Verses | 20,379 mantras |
How many hymns are there in the Atharva Veda?
The Atharva Veda’s twenty books incorporate seven hundred thirty-one hymns, which are then subdivided into six thousand verses (Winternitz 120). There are three major divisions of the Atharva Veda—the first grand division (books 1-7), the second grand division (books 8-12), and the third grand division (books 13-18).
How does the Atharva Veda promote auspicious behavior?
The first way in which the Atharva Veda promotes auspicious behavior is the way in which its hymns are categorized into different ganas, which are groupings of mantras (Karambelkar 167). Hymns of the same type compose a gana .
What is the importance of grouping similar hymns in the Veda?
The grouping of similar hymns assists in the correct recitation of hymns in the Atharva Veda (Karambelkar 168). This promotes auspicious behavior. Water is a very important aspect of the Atharvan rituals because it is considered a protection against demons and a healing remedy (Karambelkar 168).
What is the first Grand Division of the Atharva Veda?
The first grand division contains short hymns, which consist largely of charms and curses (Whitney cxlvii). This division of the Atharva Veda is regarded the most important section of the text; out of all the divisions, its hymns are the most widely read (Whitney cxlviii).