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ATHARVA VEDA

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 827 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ATHARVA VEDA , the See also:

fourth See also:book of the Vedas, the See also:ancient scriptures of the See also:Brahman See also:religion. Like the other Vedas it is divided into Samhita, Brahmanas and Upanishads, representing the spiritual See also:element and its magical and nationalistic development. The • mantras or sayings composing the Samhita of the Atharva Veda differ from those of the other Vedas by being in the See also:form of spells rather than prayers or See also:hymns, and seem to indicate a See also:stage of religion See also:lower than that of the Rig Veda.

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