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Atharvaveda and sacred
Its earliest concepts are set out in the sacred writings called the Vedas, especially in the metrical passages of the Atharvaveda, which may possibly date as far back as the 2nd millennium BC.
* Atharvaveda, aka Atharvaveda-Shaunakiya, a sacred Hindu text

Atharvaveda and text
The Kuru kingdom corresponds to the Black and Red Ware and Painted Grey Ware cultures and to the beginning of the Iron Age in South Asia, around 1000 BCE, as well as with the composition of the Atharvaveda, the first Vedic text to mention iron, as, literally " black metal.
Hindu text Atharvaveda gives an account of nature and habitats of such spirits including how to persuade / control them.
Chanting mantras has been a feature of ayurveda since the Atharvaveda, the vedic spiritual text, was compiled.
* The basic metrical ( mantra ) text of each of the Vedas ( Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda ).

Atharvaveda and Hinduism
Atharvan ( ; an n-stem with nominative singular ) was a legendary Vedic sage ( rishi ) of Hinduism who along with Angiras is supposed to have authored (" heard ") the Atharvaveda.

Atharvaveda and dating
Indian śruti texts post-dating the Rigveda ( such as the Yajurveda, the Atharvaveda and the Brahmanas ), as well as the Hebrew Tanakh and the mystical collection of poems attributed to Lao Tze, the Tao te Ching, date to the Iron Age, but their dating is difficult and controversial.

Atharvaveda and from
This beautifully lyrical sloka from the Atharvaveda clearly states that the woman leads and the man follows: " The Sun God follows the first illuminated and enlightened goddess Usha ( dawn ) in the same manner as men emulate and follow women.
One of the oldest organised systems of medicine is known from the Indian subcontinent in the form of Ayurveda which originated around 1500 BCE from Atharvaveda ( one of the four most ancient books of Indian knowledge, wisdom and culture ).
N. Narahari Achar and Subhash Kak suggest that the use of the water clock in ancient India is mentioned in the Atharvaveda from the 2nd millennium BCE.
He used pathya ( words ) from the Rigveda, abhinaya ( gestures ) from the Yajurveda, geet ( music ) from the Samaveda and rasa ( emotions ) from the Atharvaveda to form the Natyaveda ( body of knowledge about dance ).

Atharvaveda and Iron
The Iron Age Atharvaveda is a collection of charms and spells classically associated with witchcraft, with purposes such as harming an enemy or winning a sweetheart.

Atharvaveda and is
Dicing is mentioned as an Indian game in the Rigveda, Atharvaveda and Buddha games list ; it also plays a critical role in the great Hindu epic Mahabharata, where Yudhisthira plays a game of dice against the Kauravas for the northern kingdom of Hastinapura, which becomes the trigger for a war.
From the Atharvaveda and in Classical Sanskrit, the stem is thematic, ( Devanāgarī: धर ् म ), and in Pāli, it takes the form dhamma.
The word Nepal is first attested in the Atharvaveda Parisista ( c. 1978 ).
There is a hymn in the Atharvaveda which praises a pillar ( Sanskrit: stambha ), and this is one possible origin of linga-worship.
Several texts like the Atharvaveda extol the medicinal properties of Soma and he is regarded as the king of medicinal herbs ( and also of the Brahmana class ).
However, there is mention in Atharvaveda of demonic Brahmans called Dasagva ( ten-headed ) and Navagva ( nine-headed ) and the metaphor of a supernatural number of bodyparts to symbolize powers is an ancient one in Indian mythic depictions.
In the Atharvaveda — where he first appears — and the Shatapatha Brahmana, Kubera is the chief of evil spirits or spirits of darkness, and son of Vaishravana.
Angiras ( अ ं ग ि रस ्, pronounced as / əngirəs /; nominative singular Angirā, अ ं ग ि र ा, pronounced as / əngirα :/) is a rishi ( or sage ) who, along with sage Atharvan, is credited to have formulated (" heard ") most of the fourth Veda called Atharvaveda.
In this historical construction, Ayurveda traces its origins to the Vedas, Atharvaveda in particular, and is connected to Hindu religion.
It is mentioned in the Atharvaveda ( 11: 7: 9 ) and described in detail in the Yajurveda Samhita and the Shatapatha Brahmana ( 12: 4: 1 ).
The Atharvaveda has no surviving Aranyaka, though the Gopatha Brahmana is regarded as its Aranyaka, a remnant of a larger, lost Atharva ( Paippalada ) Brahmana.
The classical sense of " lunar mansion " is first found in the Atharvaveda, and becomes the primary meaning of the term in Classical Sanskrit.
In the Atharvaveda ( Shaunakiya recension, hymn 19. 7 ) a list of 28 stars or asterisms is given, many of them corresponding to the later nakshatras:
It is associated with the Atharvaveda.
It is a Mukhya Upanishad, associated with the Atharvaveda.

Atharvaveda and first
The Ribhus were first mentioned in the oldest Hindhu scriptures of the Rigveda, wherein eleven hymns are dedicated to them ( RV 1. 20, 110, 111, 161, RV 3. 60, RV 4. 33-37, RV 7. 48 ), and the Atharvaveda.

Atharvaveda and Indian
Atharvaveda ( one of the four most ancient books of Indian knowledge, wisdom and culture ) contains 114 hymns or formulations for the treatment of diseases.

Atharvaveda and with
* The rituals and charms referred to in the Atharvaveda are concerned with medicine and healing practices.
ten with the Samaveda and one with the Atharvaveda.
The Gandhāris, along with the Balhika ( Bactrians ), Mūjavants, Angas, and the Magadhas, are also mentioned in the Atharvaveda ( AV 5. 22. 14 ), as distant people.
The Gandharis, along with the Mujavantas, Angas and the Magadhas, are also mentioned in the Atharvaveda, but apparently as a despised people.

Atharvaveda and medicine
Traditional herbal medicine of India, known as Ayurveda, possibly dates back to the second millennium BCE tracing its origins to the holy Hindu Vedas and, in particular, the Atharvaveda.
Although the hymns of the Atharvaveda and the Ṛgveda mention some herbal medicines, protective amulets, and healing prayers that recur in later ayurvedic treatises, the earliest historical mention of the main structural and theoretical categories of ayurvedic medicine occurs in the Buddhist Pāli Tripiṭaka, or Canon.

Atharvaveda and based
The nakshatras of traditional bhartiya astronomy are based on a list of 28 asterisms found in the Atharvaveda ( AVŚ 19. 7 ) and also in the Shatapatha Brahmana.

Atharvaveda and on
Now long out of copyright, copies of his translation of the Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajur Veda, Atharvaveda and Ramayana are available on the internet.

Atharvaveda and .
The Atharvaveda also contain prescriptions of herbs for various ailments.
The Atharvaveda described Ayodhya as " a city built by Gods and being prosperous as paradise itself.
In the Atharvaveda, this place was described as a city made by gods and as prosperous as Heaven itself.
Prayers dedicated to Parjanya, to invoke the blessings of rains are mentioned in the Atharvaveda.

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