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|term=Atharva Veda
|term=Atharva Veda
|person=No
|person=No
|origin={{tip|Sk}}
|origin=Sanskrit: अथर्ववेद
|description=The fourth Veda; ''lit.'', magic incantation containing aphorisms, incantations and magic formula One of the most ancient and revered Books of the Brahmans {{ctd-source|TG}}.
|description=The fourth Veda; ''lit.'', magic incantation containing aphorisms, incantations and magic formula One of the most ancient and revered Books of the Brahmans {{ctd-source|TG}}.


Editions include the ''Sanhitâ'' edited by R. Roth and W. D. Whitney (Berlin, 1855-56) and an edition with Sâyanâchârya's commentary edited by Shankar Pândurang Pandit (Bombay, 1895-98, 4 vols.). English translations listed by Boris de Zirkoff include those of Ralph T. H. Griffith (Benares, 1895-96), Whitney and C. R. Lanman (Cambridge, Mass., 1905), and M. Bloomfield (Oxford, 1897; ''SBE'', Vol. XLII). {{ctd-source|BCW|2|522}}.
Editions include the ''Sanhitâ'' edited by R. Roth and W. D. Whitney (Berlin, 1855-56) and an edition with Sâyanâchârya's commentary edited by Shankar Pândurang Pandit (Bombay, 1895-98, 4 vols.). English translations listed by Boris de Zirkoff include those of Ralph T. H. Griffith (Benares, 1895-96), Whitney and C. R. Lanman (Cambridge, Mass., 1905), and M. Bloomfield (Oxford, 1897; ''SBE'', Vol. XLII). {{ctd-source|BCW|2|522}}.
|quotes=H. P. Blavatsky; Boris de Zirkoff
|quotes=Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna; Zirkoff, Boris
|ctd rus=Атхарваведа
|ctd rus=Атхарваведа
|variations=Atharva-Veda; Atharvaveda
|variations=Atharva-Veda; Atharvaveda
|transliteration IAST=Atharvaveda
|categories=Hinduism
|short description=A sacred Hindu text, the fourth Veda.
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