The Vedas have upavedas or secondary knowledge: Ayur-veda or science of medicine in the Rigveda, Dhanurveda or science of archery in the Yajur-veda, the Gandharvaveda or science of music in the ...

Mantra means a sound meant to connect the gods outside (deva) to the god inside (atma). Vedic people were convinced the Rishi did not craft these sounds; they ‘saw’ them in the universe and simply ...

They chanted to keep the jwara at bay — Nah samvidvan pari vrimddhi takmana. Meaning, O fever, listen to our prayers and spare us! The sages and their chant belong to the Atharva Veda, the ancient ...

Here is a Veda Patasala that deals exclusively with ‘Atharva Veda’, the most endangered of all the four Vedas. While most such Patasalas teach Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda too, Navajeevan Atharvana ...

The "Translation of the Atharva-Veda," by Professor W. D. Whitney h.'76, late of the Sanskrit Department of Yale, will soon be published in the Harvard Oriental Series by the University. Professor ...

I find so much delight in imagining a lovelorn girl could have possibly authored Vedic hymn A year ago, I got into a spat with a young man on twitter. The spat concerned one of my favourite hymns from ...