aṭarvan | अटर्वन् | aTarvan
a/ṭarvan | अ/टर्वन् | m. (said to be fr. an obsolete word aṭar | अटर् |, fire), a priest who has to do with fire and Soma
N. of the priest who is said to have been the first to institute the worship of fire and offer Soma and prayers (he is represented as a Prajāpati, as Brahmā's eldest son, as the first learner and earliest teacher of the Brahma-vidyā, as the author of the Atharva-veda, as identical with Aṅgiras, as the father of Agni, &c.)
N. of Śiva, Vasiṣṭha [Kir. x, 10], Soma, Prāṇa
a/ṭarvan | अ/टर्वन् | m. n. (A, a) the fourth or Atharva-veda (said to have been composed by Atharvan, and consisting chiefly of formulas and spells intended to counteract diseases and calamities)
a/ṭarvan | अ/टर्वन् | m. pl. (a/ṭarvāṛas | अ/टर्वाऋअस् |). descendants of Atharvan, often coupled with those of Aṅgiras and Bhṛgu
pl. the hymns of the Atharva-veda.
N. of the priest who is said to have been the first to institute the worship of fire and offer Soma and prayers (he is represented as a Prajāpati, as Brahmā's eldest son, as the first learner and earliest teacher of the Brahma-vidyā, as the author of the Atharva-veda, as identical with Aṅgiras, as the father of Agni, &c.)
N. of Śiva, Vasiṣṭha [Kir. x, 10], Soma, Prāṇa
a/ṭarvan | अ/टर्वन् | m. n. (A, a) the fourth or Atharva-veda (said to have been composed by Atharvan, and consisting chiefly of formulas and spells intended to counteract diseases and calamities)
a/ṭarvan | अ/टर्वन् | m. pl. (a/ṭarvāṛas | अ/टर्वाऋअस् |). descendants of Atharvan, often coupled with those of Aṅgiras and Bhṛgu
pl. the hymns of the Atharva-veda.