Atharvaved: (In Bengali Rhyming Verse)
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The Atharvaved (Sanskrit: अथर्ववेदः, Atharvavedaḥ from atharvāṇas and veda, meaning "knowledge") is the "knowledge storehouse of atharvāṇas, the procedures for everyday life".The Atharvaved is composed in Vedic Sanskrit, and it is a collection of 730 hymns with about 6,000 mantras, divided into 20 books. About a sixth of the Atharvaveda texts adapts verses from the Rigveda, and except for Books 15 and 16, the text is in poem form deploying a diversity of Vedic matters.
In contrast to the 'hieratic religion' of the other three Vedas, the Atharvaveda is said to represent a 'popular religion', incorporating not only formulas for magic, but also the daily rituals for initiation into learning (upanayana), marriage and funerals. Royal rituals and the duties of the court priests are also included in the Atharvaveda.
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The author, Amrit Ranjan Acharya, was born in Purba medinipur, West Bengal, India. He was the writer and principal of Akandabari High School and Maheshpur High School. Some of his books are "Amrit Katha” and some of his Bengali poem books are “Rigved, Samved, Yajurved, Atharbaved, Mitrakshar".He was awarded "Baidik kabi" by Mahabanga Sahityaparisad in 2014.
