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Atharvaveda

Atharvaveda proper noun: a sacred text of Hinduism, and one of the four Vedas, often called the "fourth Veda".

Proper noun

Atharvaveda

  1. A sacred text of Hinduism, and one of the four Vedas, often called the "fourth Veda".

Atharvaveda meaning in Sanskrit

Atharvaveda in Sanskrit

Atharvaveda
ब्रह्मवेद brahmaveda
the Atharvaveda
आथर्वण ātharvaṇá

Forms of Atharvaveda

alternative formAtharva Veda
alternative formAtharvana Veda

Origin of Atharvaveda

From Sanskrit अथर्ववेद (atharva-véda), from अथर्वन् (átharvan, “a type of priest”) and वेद (veda, “knowledge”).

Questions about Atharvaveda

What does Atharvaveda mean?
Atharvaveda means a sacred text of Hinduism, and one of the four Vedas, often called the "fourth Veda".
What is Atharvaveda in Sanskrit?
Atharvaveda in Sanskrit is ब्रह्मवेद (brahmaveda), आथर्वण (ātharvaṇá). See Atharvaveda meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is Atharvaveda?
Atharvaveda is a proper noun.

Words near Atharvaveda in the dictionary

  1. Athapaskanists
  2. Athapaskans
  3. Athari
  4. Atharism
  5. Atharv
  6. Atharvaveda
  7. Atharvavedic
  8. Athas
  9. athazagoraphobia
  10. athbash
  11. Athboy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Atharvaveda (page history and authors); आथर्वण (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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