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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Atharvaveda (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂さ啷囙う).鈥擮ne of the four Vedas useful for kings.¹ Rearranged by Sumantu (s.v.) under the guidance of Vy膩sa; in five parts.² Part of Vi峁ａ箛u.³ mantras connected with war.⁴ Twenty-one Atharvas from the face of Brahm膩.⁵

1) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺, X. 53. 12; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 9. 51; 60. 15, 20.
2) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 I. 4. 22; XII. 7. 1; Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 34. 15; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 III. 4. 9 & 14; 6. 8, 13-14.
3) Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 V. 1. 37.
4) Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 IV. 20. 104.
5) Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 8. 53.

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The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺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.

Vastushastra (architecture)

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Atharvaveda (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂さ啷囙う) is the name of a Sanskrit word partly dealing with the 鈥渟cience of architecture鈥� (惫腻蝉迟耻惫颈诲测腻).鈥擨n the Atharvaveda there are references to different parts of the building such as sitting-room, inner apartment, room for sacred fire, cattle shed and reception room. (Atharvaveda, IX.3). The

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Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v膩stu艣膩stra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (shak)

Atharvaveda (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂さ啷囙う) refers to one of the topics discussed in the 搁耻诲谤补测腻尘补濒补迟补苍迟谤补, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue 鈥淣otices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)鈥� by Rajendralal Mitra (1822鈥�1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.鈥� The Rudray膩mala-tantra is an elaborate and original Tantra, including the whole range of 艢膩kta knowledge about religion, social orders, castes, sacred places, modes of adoration, forms of ceremonies, etc. It contains roughly 9,000 verses divided into 67 sections.鈥擳he catalogue includes the term鈥擜tharvaveda in its 鈥榮ubject-matter list鈥� or Vi峁ya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads鈥擺chapter 17: 补迟丑补谤惫惫补惫别诲补辫谤补办补谤补峁嘺峁�].

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Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

General definition (in Hinduism)

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The Atharvaveda is a sacred text of Hinduism and one of the four Vedas, often called the "fourth Veda". The bulk of the text dates from c. 1200–1000 BCE (see below).

According to the tradition, the Atharvaveda was mainly composed by two groups of rishis known as the Atharvanas and the Angirasa, hence its oldest name is 膧tharv膩峁単irasa. In the Late Vedic Gopatha Brahmana, it is attributed to the Bhrigu and Angirasa. Additionally, tradition ascribes parts to other rishis, such as Kau艣ika, Vasi峁ａ弓ha and Ka艣yapa. There are two surviving recensions (艣膩kh膩s), known as 艢补耻苍补办墨测补 (AVS) and 笔补颈辫辫补濒腻诲补 (AVP).

etymology: Atharvaveda (Sanskrit: 啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂さ啷囙う啶�, atharvaveda, a tatpurusha compound of Atharvan, an ancient Rishi, and veda, meaning "knowledge")

India history and geography

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Atharva-veda.鈥�(CII 3; etc.), one of the four Vedas. See Veda. Note: atharva-veda is defined in the 鈥淚ndian epigraphical glossary鈥� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Atharvaveda (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂さ啷囙う).鈥擺masculine] the Atharvaveda.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Atharvaveda (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂さ啷囙う) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥�1) The sa峁僪it膩 and pada texts are given together, as most of the lists do not distinguish between both. Io. 113. 682. 901. 1137. 2141. 2142. W. p. 82-85. Oxf. 385^b. 392^b. Paris. (D 204. 205). Khn. 2. Kh. 55, B. 1, 2. Ben. 18(3). Bik. 6. 7. 搁腻诲丑. 1. NW. 4. Np. I, 7. Haug. 12. 13. Burnell. 12^b. Gu. 3. Mysore. 1. Lahore. 2. P. 7. 8. Bhk. 5. Oppert. 683. 4578. 6721. Ii, 4445. 4447. Rice. 4. Peters. 2, 182. 3, 383. Bp. 283. W. 1486. (19th K膩峁囜笉a).
鈥摆肠辞尘尘别苍迟补谤测闭 Oppert. Ii, 4446. See Atharvabh膩峁a, 膧tharva峁嘺峁玨膩. 笔补颈辫辫补濒腻诲补艣膩kh膩. Report. I. Ja峁乸膩峁環a. Kh. 55. B. 1, 2. Pr膩ti艣膩khya. W. p. 87 (and鈥摆肠辞尘尘别苍迟补谤测闭). Kh. 56. 61 (2). 82. Haug. 42. Peters. 2, 182 (and鈥摆肠辞尘尘别苍迟补谤测闭). 3, 383 (and鈥摆肠辞尘尘别苍迟补谤测闭). Anukrama. Kh. 57. B. 1, 198. Sarv膩nukrama峁嚹�. Io. 2142. B. 1, 198. B峁沨atsarv膩nukrama峁噄k膩. W. 1487. Peters. 3, 383. Mantr膩艣墨rvadasa峁僪it膩. Kh. 57. Saubh膩gyak膩峁囜笉a. Quoted by Kaivaly膩艣rama. Oxf. 108^a. G峁沨yas奴tra. Haug. 23.

2) Atharvaveda (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂さ啷囙う):鈥�read Np. I, 22. Sarv膩nukrama峁嚹�. add Peters. 2, 183.

3) Atharvaveda (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂さ啷囙う):鈥擴lwar 321 (Sa峁僪it膩p膩峁環a).
鈥擲arv膩nukrama峁嚹�. Ulwar 322.
鈥擯r膩ti艣膩khya. Ulwar 327. Bh膩峁a. 328. Extr. 97.

4) Atharvaveda (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂さ啷囙う):鈥擜k 1 (pada). As p. 3 (2 Mss.). 18 (K膩峁囜笉a 12-20). L.. 87-102. Tb. 12. 13. 笔补颈辫辫补濒腻诲补艣膩kh膩. Tb. 14-17. Pr膩ti艣膩khya. Tb. 213. Pr膩ti艣膩khyam奴las奴tra in 3 Prap膩峁環aka. Tb. 36. 213. B峁沨atsarv膩nukrama峁噄k膩. Ak 64.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Atharvaveda (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂さ啷囙う):鈥擺=atharva-veda] [from atharva > atharvan] m. Name of the fourth Veda (See above).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldst眉cker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Atharvaveda (啶呧ぅ啶班啶掂さ啷囙う):鈥擺tatpurusha compound] m.

(-诲补岣�) The fourth or Atharvaveda (see 峁沜, yajus, s膩man), the Veda revealed by Atharvan or Angiras and sometimes considered, therefore, personified as a son of Angiras. See atharvan, atharv膩峁単iras, pratya峁単iras, brahmaveda. E. atharvan and veda.

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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