ATHARVA
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Atharv
Ved written by Atharva
In-universe
information
Family : Brahma (father)
Children : Dadhichi
Atharva
was a legendary Vedic sage (rishi) of Hinduism who along with Angiras
is supposed to have authored ("heard") the Atharvaved.
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 Atharvans. Atharvan married Shanti, daughter
of Kardam rishi, and had a great sage Dadhichi as a son. He was
referred to as a member of the Bhrigu clan.
According
to mundaka upanishad and other texts, he was eldest son and (Manasputra)
born from mind of the Brahma. Vedic atharvan is cognate with Avestan
a0rauuan / a0aurun, "priest", but the etymology of the
term is not yet conclusively established. "Attempts have been
made to connect the term with Avestan atar- "fire" (not
attested in Vedic); but these have been prompted by what is probably
a mistaken assumption of the importance of fire in the ancient Indo-Iranian
religion." (Boyce, 1982:16)
Source
:
https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Atharvan