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|caption= [[Atharva Veda]] written by Atharvan<br />
| children = [[Dadhichi]]<br />
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'''Atharvan''' ({{Lang|sa|अथर्वन्,}} ''{{IAST|atharvan-}}''; an ''n''-stem with nominative singular {{Lang|sa|अथर्वा}} ''{{IAST|atharvā}}'') was a legendary [[Veda|Vedic]] sage ([[rishi]]) of [[Hinduism]] who along with [[Angiras (sage)|Angiras]] is supposed to have authored ("[[shruti|heard]]") the [[Atharvaveda]]. He is also said to have first instituted the fire-sacrifice or [[yagna]]. Sometimes he is also reckoned among the seven seers or [[Saptarishi]]. His clan is known as the Atharvanas. Atharvan married Shanti, daughter of Kardama rishi, and had a great sage [[Dadhichi]] as a son.<br />
He was referred to as a member of the [[Bhrigu]] clan.<br />
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According to mundaka upanishad and other texts, he was eldest son and ([[Manasputra]]) born from mind of the [[Brahma]].<br />
Vedic ''atharvan'' is cognate with [[Avestan language|Avestan]] ''āθrauuan'' / ''aθaurun'', "priest", but the etymology of the term is not yet conclusively established. It was once thought to be etymologically related to the [[Avestan]] ''[[atar|ātar]]'', but that is now considered unlikely (Boyce, 2002:16). It has been suggested by scholars that the Vedic and Avestan terms are not of Indo-European origin, and are derived from the [[BMAC]] substrate.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Vedic priesthood]]<br />
*Chatterji: The Hymns of Atharvan Zarathushtra (1967) by Jatindra Mohan Chatterji.<br />
[avesta.org/chatterj_opf_files/slideshow.htm]<br />
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==References==<br />
*Boyce, Mary (2002). "Āθravan". Encyclopaedia Iranica. New York: Mazda Pub. pp. 16–17.<br />
*Witzel, Michael (2003) Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129), Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations<br />
*Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) , “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations, Helsinki<br />
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