Atharvan: 11 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Atharvan (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂え啷�).鈥擬arried 艢腻nti, a daughter of Kardama. It was he who spread 测补箩帽补 in the world.1 His son was Dadhya帽ca who had a horse's head.2
1b) A Br腻hman priest invited by Yudhi峁ａ弓hira to officiate in his 谤腻箩补蝉奴测补 sacrifice.*
- * Bh腻gavata-pur腻峁嘺 X. 74. 9.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAtharvan (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂え啷�).鈥�m. [atha-峁�-vanip 艣akandhv腻di掳 Tv.; probably connected with some word like athar fire]
1) A priest who has to worship fire and Soma.
2) A Br腻hma峁嘺.
3) Name of the priest who is said to have first brought down fire from the heaven, offered Soma and recited prayers. [He is represented as the eldest son of Brahm腻 sprung from his mouth; as a Praj腻pati appointed by Brahm腻 to create and protect subordinate beings, who first learnt from Brahm腻 and then taught the Brahmavidy腻 and is considered to be the author of the Veda called after him. His wife was 艢腻nti, daughter of Kardama Praj腻pati. He had also another wife called Chitti; he is also considered identical with A峁単iras and father of Agni.]
4) Epithet of 艢iva, Vasi峁ａ弓ha. 啶掂啶むお啶︵お啶權啶曕啶むた啶班ぅ啶班啶掂ぃ啷囙さ 啶掂啶︵ (v峁泃apadapa峁卥tiratharva峁噀va 惫别诲补岣�) Kir. 1.1. -(pl.) Descendants of Atharvan; hymns of this Veda; 啶溹た啶粪啶｀啶� 啶溹啶む啶班啶班ぅ啶班啶掂き啶苦 (ji峁ａ箛u峁� jaitrairatharvabhi岣�) R.17.13.
-谤惫腻-谤惫补 m. n., 掳啶掂啶︵ (惫别诲补岣�) The Atharvaveda, regarded as the fourth Veda. [It contains many forms of imprecations for the destruction of enemies and also contains a great number of prayers for safety and averting mishaps, evils, sins or calamities, and a number of hymns, as in the other Vedas, addressed to the gods with prayers to be used at religious and solemn rites; cf. Mv.2.24. 啶啶班啶むた啶き啶苦ぐ啶距ぎ啶樴啶班ぞ啶� 啶た啶啶班う啶苦さ啶距ぅ啶班啶掂ぃ啷� 啶ㄠた啶椸ぎ啶� (m奴rtimabhir腻maghor腻峁� bibhradiv腻tharva峁噊 nigama岣�). It has nine 艢腻kh腻s and five Kalpas, and is comprised in 2 K腻峁囜笉as. The most important Br腻hma峁嘺 belonging to this Veda is the Gopatha Br腻hma峁嘺, and the Upani峁ds pertaining to it are stated to be 52, or, according to another account 31.] [cf. Zend atharvan, Pers. 谩迟耻谤产谩苍.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtharvan (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂え啷�) or Atharvvan or Atharvv腻 or Atharv腻.鈥�1. A Brahman. 2. A name of Vasishtha. n. (rva) The name of the fourth Veda. E. atha an auspicious particle 峁� to go, and vanipa aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtharvan (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂え啷�).鈥� (borrowed from the Zend. 腻迟丑谤补-惫补苍, derived from 腻迟补谤, 鈥榝ire鈥�), m. 1. A priest. 2. The name of a 峁氠梗i, or saint. 3. The Atharvaveda.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtharvan (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂え啷�).鈥擺masculine] fire-priest, [especially] the first fire-priest; [plural] his race or = seq. (then also sgl.).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Atharvan (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂え啷�):鈥�m. (said to be [from] an obsolete word athar, fire), a priest who has to do with fire and Soma
2) Name of the priest who is said to have been the first to institute the worship of fire and offer Soma and prayers (he is represented as a Praj腻pati, as Brahm腻鈥檚 eldest son, as the first learner and earliest teacher of the Brahma-vidy腻, as the author of the Atharva-veda, as identical with A峁単iras, as the father of Agni, etc.)
3) Name of 艢iva, Vasi峁ａ弓ha ([Kir腻t腻rjun墨ya x, 10]), Soma, Pr腻峁嘺
4) mn. (腻, a) the fourth or Atharva-veda (said to have been composed by Atharvan, and consisting chiefly of formulas and spells intended to counteract diseases and calamities)
5) m. [plural] (atharv腻峁嘺s). descendants of Atharvan, often coupled with those of A峁単iras and Bh峁沢u
6) [plural] the hymns of the Atharva-veda.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldst眉cker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtharvan (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂え啷�):鈥�1. m.
(-rv腻) 1) A Br腻hma峁嘺, a priest (probably one connected with offerings to fire or the attendance on the holy fire).
2) The proper name of a priest who is considered to have obtained the fire from heaven and who in the course of mythological personification appears as a Praj腻pati or father of all beings, as the inspired author of the fourth or Atharvaveda, as the eldest son of Brahm腻 to whom Brahm腻 revealed the Brahmavidy腻 (q. v.) or knowledge of God (see also atharva) and, at a later period, as the same as Angiras (q. v.). Sons of his are Agni (see also 补峁単颈谤补蝉), Dadhyanch, Bhishaj, B峁沨addiva, Kabandha.
3) An epithet of [a.]) Vasi峁ａ弓ha q. v., [b.]) Soma q. v., [c.]) pr腻峁嘺 q. v., [d.]) 艢iva (the god being supposed to carry into effect the charms of the Atharvaveda). 2. m. n.
(-谤惫腻-谤惫补) The fourth or Atharvaveda q. v. (see also m. pl. atharv腻峁嘺岣�). 3. m. pl.
(-rv腻峁嘺岣�) 1) The descendants of Atharvan; they appear sometimes coupled with the descendants of Bh峁沢u and of Angiras (see atharv腻峁単irasa岣�).
2) The hymns of the fourth or Atharvaveda collectively (considered as the descendants of Atharvan); the Atharvaveda (see also atharv腻峁単irasa岣�). E. From an obsolete theme athar, fire, with taddh. aff. vanip. See the E. of 补迟丑补谤墨. The oldest etym. which derives atharvan from a neg. and tharvan (from tharv 鈥榯o go鈥�), is without any probability. A similar etym. is given of 补迟丑补谤惫墨 q. v.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAtharvan (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂え啷�):鈥�(vv腻) 5. m. A br腻hman; n. the fourth or Atharva veda.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Atharvan (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂え啷�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 础丑补惫惫补峁嘺.
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