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Atharvan

In Hinduism, Atharvan is a legendary sage and seer, and one of the Rishis, said to have composed the Atharvaveda.

In Vedic Sanskrit, an atharvan is a priest who has to do with fire and Soma (probably from an obsolete word athar for fire, cognate to Latin ater "black").



07-14-2008 23:18:10
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