Atharvaveda

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A sacred text of Hinduism, and one of the four Vedas, often called the "fourth Veda".

Etymology

From Sanskrit अथर्ववेद (atharva-véda), from अथर्वन् (átharvan, “a type of priest”) and वेद (veda, “knowledge”).

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