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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

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fourth
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book of the Vedas, the
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ancient scriptures of the
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Brahman
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religion . Like the other Vedas it is divided into Samhita, Brahmanas and Upanishads, representing the spiritual
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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
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form of spells rather than prayers or
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hymns, and seem to indicate a
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stage of religion
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lower than that of the Rig Veda .

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