Encyclopedia > Atharvaveda

  Article Content

Atharvaveda

The Atharvaveda is a Hindu sacred text. It was the last of the Vedas to be composed. The Atharvaveda is a collection of magical formulae, some of which were apparently used in shamanistic rituals. There are verses to cure diseases, avert the wrath of demons, love-spells, spells obtain victory in battle and so on. There are also a range of hymns to various vedic-age deities and their manifestations, including mother earth, fire, prana (breath).

External link



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Grateful Dead

... in extended improvisational flights of fancy. A hallmark of their concert sets were continuous sets of music where each song would blend into the next ( ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 37.3 ms