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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Vedic priesthood
		It has often been connected with Avestan atar- "fire" (not attested in Vedic), but, according to Boyce (1982:16), such connections may "have been prompted by what is probably a mistaken assumption of the importance of fire in the ancient Indo-Iranian religion".
		The compound atharvāngiras of atharvan and angiras, either two eponymous rishis or family names, is the original name of the Atharvaveda as known to the other vedic practitioners.
		The division of priestly functions among the Hotar, the Udgatar and the Adhvaryu is directly comparable to the Celtic priesthood as reported by Strabo, with the Druids as high priests, the Bards doing the chanting and the Vates performing the actual sacrifice.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Udgatar (911 words)

	Hinduism Today \| Aug 1990
		He thinks that the concept of "deep ecology" discussed by physicist Fritjof Capra as a perception of reality going beyond the scientific framework to an intuitive awareness of oneness of all life came close to saga Atharvan's spiritual ecology.
		Atharvan telescopes from a discussion of the whole planet to a survey of his immediate environs, paralleling the modern maxim "Think globally, act locally."
		Raj Kumar Sen, an economist from Calcutta, harvested insights from the Arthashastra, a watershed political treatise written by a 3rd century BCE brahmin prime minister to guide the monarchy.
	www.hinduismtoday.com /archives/1990/08/1990-08-03.shtml (2025 words)

	The Mahabharata, Book 3: Vana Parva: Markandeya-Samasya Parva: Section CCXXI
		At this extinction of the fire, the whole world was frightened, and sought the protection of Atharvan, and the gods and others began to worship him.
		Atharvan rummaged the whole sea in the presence of all those beings eager with expectation, and finding out the fire, himself began the work of creation.
		Thus in olden times the fire was destroyed and called back to life by the adorable Atharvan.
	www.sacred-texts.com /hin/m03/m03221.htm (819 words)

	Atharvan
		His entire clan came to be known as the Atharvanas.
		Hence the Atharvan is in general also the chief and supervising priest of a Vedic Sacrifice, also called as Brahmā, whose handbook is the Atharva Veda.
		It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/at/Atharvan.htm (124 words)

	AVESTA -- Zoroastrian Archives
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		The Hymns of Atharvan Zarathushtra by Jatindra Mohan Chatterji.
		Chatterji's translation of the Gathas, kindly contributed by the Calcutta Parsi Anjuman and Sohrabji Panthaky, and scanned by Soli Dastur.
	www.avesta.org (643 words)

	The Vedas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This work contains specific sacrificial formulas which were recited during that form of ceremony.
		The final Veda, the Atharva-Veda, is attributed to a sage, or rishi, named Atharvan, and consists of a number of hymns and magical incantations.
		Some scholars believe that this scripture may have originated with the original pre-Aryan culture of indigenous peoples, and because it deviated form the other Vedas, it was not at first readily accepted.
	www.wsu.edu /~dee/ANCINDIA/VEDAS.HTM (359 words)

	Atharva Veda - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Hindu texts too have taken a less than charitable view and have on occasions omitted the reference to the "Atharvan" text in the context of Vedic literature, though some attribute this to the fact that the Atharva Veda was a later addition chronologically.
		In the Mahabharata era that shortly followed after the end of the AtharvAN period there is a frequent comparison to between weapons and the mantras of the heroes.
		Further, tradition suggests that Pippalada, one of the early collators, and Vaidharbi, one of the late contributors associated with the Atharvanic text, lived during the reign of prince Hiranyanabha of the Ikshvaku dynasty, interpreted to mean that the core AV composition was at least complete by 1500 BC.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/a/t/h/Atharva_Veda_6777.html (1915 words)

	Re: Question [suppl.] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This fourth Veda is actually known as Atharvangirasah, having both Atharvan and Angiras components, the former characterized as Shantam (Holy) and the latter as Ghoram (Terrible).
		Atharvan includes auspicious and remedial charms (Bheshagam), while Angiras ritual has aggressive intent and was distinguished as Abhikarikam (unholy Sorcery).
		Orthodox priests did not accept the Atharvan as a true Brahma-Veda, and counselled Brahmana to avoid the practice of medicine ~ a woman with knowledge of the correct use of roots was especially to be feared.
	www.hindunet.com /forum/printthread.php?Board=godphilosophy&main=29190&type=post (469 words)

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		They are certainly not all equally old; on the contrary they evidently represent the literary activity of many generations of bards, though their relative age cannot as yet be determined with anything like certainty.
		Of the latter collection about one-sixth is found also in the Rigveda, and especially in the tenth book; the larger portion peculiar to it, though including no doubt some older pieces, appears to owe its origin to an age not long anterior to the composition of the Brahmanas.
		For a time their chief aim would doubtless be to improve their newly gained vantage-ground by surrounding everything relating to their order with a halo of sanctity calculated to impress the lay community with feelings of awe.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=es&content_id=112083 (6487 words)

	Sandilya Upanishad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Atharvan replied: "The eight Angas of Yoga are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi.
		Atharvan replied: "O Sandilya, Brahman is Satya, Vijnana and Ananta in which all this (world) is interwoven, warp-wise and woof-wise, from which all originated and into which all are absorbed and which being known makes everything else known.
		Atharvan replied: "The Supreme Brahman, the Truth, is the imperishable and the actionless.
	cc.1asphost.com /shastras/ebooks/upanishads/sandilya_upanishad.htm (5811 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Atharva Veda
		Furthermore an understanding of the helminth caused diseases and their anatomy is exhibited in AV V.23.
		The importance of the brain as a critical organ was also understood by the AtharvANs as suggested by mantra AV X.2.26.
		Further we have evidence that pippalAda one of the early collators, and vaidharbiH one of the late contributors associated with the Atharvanic text lived during the reign of prince Hiranyanabha of the Ikshvaku dynasty.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Atharva-Veda (1899 words)

	S o u t h e r n W e y r - Log
		Atharvan gives L'mir a glance before gazing at L'mir'z bronze, "I've no doubt that the dragons and their riders are ready.
		Atharvan wrinkles his nose and shakes his head, "Terrible weather for a Hatching, but a dragon stops for nothing." He glances from Brielth to the green that Searched him and smiles faintly, "I have no doubt that the weather is but a vtol in their face as far as ridding of Thread is concerned."
		Atharvan mutters darkly, "I swear, before I was Searched, I was always too weighed down by these tanks." He adjusts the straps before hopping some on the ground, trying to remain in place rather than being moved around by the torrent.
	www.silvertree.org /~southern/logs/threadfall/thread0403.html (8226 words)

	Atharvan - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Atharvan (अथर्वन्, pronounced as "əthərvən"; nominative singular "Atharvā" : अथर्वा, pronounced as "əthərvα:") was a legendary Vedic sage (rishi) of Hinduism who alongwith Angiras is supposed to have authored ("seered") the fourth Atharva Veda.
		He is also said to have first instituted the fire-sacrifice or yagna.
		Hence the Atharvan is in general also the chief and supervising priest of a Vedic Sacrifice, also called as Brahmā, whose handbook is the Atharva Veda.
	www.jaipurgrid.com /mediawiki/index.php/Atharvan (144 words)

	VEDIC PRIESTHOOD : Encyclopedia Entry
		It has often been connected with Avestan atar- "fire" (not attested in Vedic), but, according to Boyce (1982:16), such connections may "have been prompted by what is probably a mistaken assumption of the importance of fire in the ancient Indo-Iranian religion".
		The compound atharvāngiras of atharvan and angiras, either two eponymous rishis or family names, is the original name of the Atharvaveda as known to the other vedic practitioners.
		The division of priestly functions among the Hotar, the Udgatar and the Adhvaryu is directly comparable to the Celtic priesthood as reported by Strabo, with the Druids as high priests, the Bards doing the chanting and the Vates performing the actual sacrifice.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Vedic_priesthood (857 words)

	S o u t h e r n W e y r - Log
		Atharvan looks to Emerlienne before giving her a reassuring smile, then, to Panell, Xirri, and Em, states, "The eggs really -don't- wait for anything, even freak weather." He winces at the clod of dirt hitting one of the candidates.
		Atharvan cranes his head foward some to try and make out the events happening in front of him, "It -is- a hatchling!" He shakes his head to Xirriel's question, responding back with, "I can't get a very good look...
		Atharvan gives Xirriel a big grin, "Looks as if our club has gained one more member, Xirri." Once again, Atharvan looks out to the sea of sands, debris, and hatchlings, "What do you think that one is looking for?" He nods toward the Shimmering Sealife Hatchling.
	southern.silvertree.org /logs/hatchings/tiarnathhatch7.html (21352 words)

	Atharva-Veda - Gurupedia
		Atharvan, a term which is usually taken to mean a fire priest in the old Indo-Aryan language.
		The hindu texts too have taken a less than charitable view and have on occasions omitted the reference to the atharvAn text in the context of vedic literature.
		It is even stated that women associated with atharvAns may suffer from abortions (avatoka).
	www.gurupedia.com /a/at/atharva-veda.htm (1776 words)

	Vedic priesthood at AllExperts
		Later, the Atharvaveda was associated with a legendary rishi called Atharvan.
		The division of the Agnihotra among the Hotar, the Udgatar and the Adhvaryu is directly comparable to the Celtic priesthood as reported by Strabo, with the Druids as high priests, the Bards doing the chanting and the Vates performing the actual sacrifice.
		In Ancient Persia Atharvans were the highest, sacerdotal class similar to the Brahmanic caste.
	en.allexperts.com /e/v/ve/vedic_priesthood.htm (319 words)

	A Who's Who of World Mythology : Atharvan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In Vedic myth, Atharvan, “fire-priest,” is one of the seven great Rishis or Prajapatis.
		He is said to be the author of the fourth Veda.
		Eventually it was acknowledged as one of the Vedas, especially after its adoption as a ritual handbook by the Brahmans, the fourth and highest class of priests officiating at the sacrifices.
	www.angelfire.com /de/poetry/Whoswho/Atharvan.html (139 words)

	Culture Course Vol - IX - Hymn To The Earth (Page1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Veda is so called because it was revealed to the descendants of Rishi Atharvan.
		Atharvan was the first great priest who produced fire by rubbing flint, on wood.
		The Angirasas and the Bhrigus were the descendants of Atharvan.
	www.hindubooks.org /culture_course/book9/hymntotheearth/page1.htm (110 words)

	Kas'yapa, Bhr.gu, An:girasa, Atharvan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Indra, inquiring what had become of him and if something of him was left behind, was told that the horse's head with which he had at one time taught the madhuvidya_ to the as'vins, was somewhere in existence, but no one knew where.
		In AV 10.10.12, 17 Atharvan sits consecrated on a golden sacrificial bed of straw...Varun.a who presents 'the cow' to Atharvan (AV 7.104; 5.11.1) is also regarded as his father...The Atharvans use honey as a cult object.
		The plants are a_tharvan.i_r a_n:girasi_r daivi_r manus.yaja_ uta (AV 11.4.16)...if we adhere to the view that the word Atharvan is an appellative name of certain priests, then it would seem to follow that Bhr.gu is the name of a clan and Atharvan the designation of its priests.
	www.hindunet.org /saraswati/angirasa.htm (2617 words)

	Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak — The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Chapter 7
		Atharvan by his sacrifices is elsewhere described, as having first extended the paths, whereupon the sun was born (I, 83, 5), and the Atharvans, in the plural, are styled “our fathers” (naḥ pitaraḥ) along with Aṅgirases, Navagvas and Bhṛgus in X, 14, 6.
		In II, 34, 12, Dashagvas are said to have been the first to offer a sacrifice; while in X, 92, 10 Atharvan is spoken of, as having established order by sacrifices, when the Bhṛigus showed themselves as gods by their skill.
		Whether we accept these etymologies as absolutely correct or not, the resemblance between the different words sufficiently warrants the assumption that Atharvan and Aṅgiras must have been the ancient sacrificers of the whole Aryan race and not merely of the Vedic people.
	www.vaidilute.com /books/tilak/tilak-07.html (9314 words)

	Atharva Veda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Atharvan is also an important figure in the Zoroastrian religion.
		Atar is the Persian name for fire and the Atharvan is the fire priest.
		The deities of the Atharva Veda are also the same as the Rig Veda although Rudra-Shiva assumes a more visible role.
	www.hindunet.org /vedas/atharveda (164 words)

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		The Atharvan was a special kind of priest involved with Soma and fire rituals.
	www.find-ask.com /Encyclopedia/Atharvan/Atharvan.html (295 words)

	Indian Science Communication Society
		According to Satyaprakash (1967), the invention of fire was done in India by sage Atharvan and the technology was disseminated throughout the known areas of human population just like a jungle fire.
		The family of Atharvan and his pupils, including their families, were the resource persons for information on fire churning technology.
		The communication of the technology of producing fire during early days can be correlated to the beginning of the rudiments of science communication.
	www.iscos.org /vol1/rp2.htm (1798 words)

	atharvan - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
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		Vedic atharvan is cognate with Avestan athravan, "priest", but the etymology of the term is not yet conclusively established.
	www.thewordbook.com /atharvan (157 words)

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		The vision of Brahman (2), the foundation of all wisdom, he gave in revelation to his first-born son Atharvan.
		That vision and wisdom of Brahman given to Atharvan, he in olden times revealed to Angira.
		And Angira gave it to Satyavaha, who in succession revealed it to Angiras (3)." (1) Brahma is the name applied to the first plane that is manifested when Creation (a cyclic event) starts once more.
	www.thedragonscave.org /archives/tdc/upanishads/MUNDAKT1.TXT (3427 words)

	More on the Vedas: The derivation of the names of the Vedas, their functions and propag
		The Atharva Veda derives its name from Atharvan, who is credited with the discovery of fire.
		There is a reference to this in Verse 13 of Book 6 Hymn XVI of the Riga Veda.
		Legend has it that the Atharva Veda was first revealed to Atharvan.
	hinduism.suite101.com /article.cfm/more_on_the_vedas (403 words)

	Torino2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In undertaking a critical edition of this "minor" upanishad (along with others printed by the Adyar Library in a volume called Shaiva Upanishads), the author hopes to situate the text in a specific religious and historical context by answering the following questions: (1) What is the nature and significance of the work's "Vedic" identity?
		On which Vedic sources does it primarily rely (Taittiriya [esp. via the Shatarudriya and the Shvetashvatara]; Atharvan)?
		How does it move beyond the theology of the Shvetashvatara?
	home.wlu.edu /~lubint/Torino2000.htm (228 words)

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