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The Atharvaveda (Sanskrit: ????????, , a tatpurusha compound of , a type
of priest, and meaning "knowledge") is a sacred text of Hinduism, and one
of the four Vedas, often called the "fourth Veda".According to tradition,
the Atharvaveda was mainly composed by two groups of rishis known as the
Bhrigus and the Angirasas. Additionally, tradition ascribes parts to other
rishis, such as , and . There are two surviving recensions (), known as
(AVS) and (AVP).
Status The Atharvaveda, while undoubtedly belonging to the core Vedic
corpus, in some ways represents an independent parallel tradition to that
of the Rigveda and Yajurveda.
The Jaina and Buddha texts are considerably more hostile to the AV (they
call it or Veda) than they are to the other Hindu texts. The Atharva Veda
is less predominant than other Vedas, also the Gayatr
