The first half that is to be performed with Vāk is taken care of by Trayī, i.e. Yajña has to be performed with Vāk (speech) and Manas (mind). “Brahmaveda” is also a synonym of Atharvaveda. (bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣat, 4.4.10)Ĭūlikopaniṣat and Vāyupurāṇa refer to Atharvaveda by the name “Bhṛguvistaraḥ”. Following the twenty Mantradraṣṭas the Veda also consists of twenty Kāṇḍas and it is also called Atharvāṅgirasaḥ
Twenty Mantradraṣṭas (Ṛṣis) emerged from Atharvā and Aṅgirāḥ and they are called Atharvāṅgirasaḥ. While Brahma was performing Tapas for Sṛṣṭi (creation), Bhṛgu and Aṅgirāḥ emerged from him. Tatrāparā ṛgvedo yajurvedaḥ sāmavedo’tharvavedaḥ (muṇḍakopaniṣat, 1.5) Ṛgyajussāmātharvaṇaḥ catvāro vedāḥ (nṛsiṃhapūrvatāpanīyopaniṣat, 2) There is evidence in Vedic literature itself to the fact that Vedas are four – Niruktam (1.3.8) of Yāska also says Brahmā knows all four – atha kena brahmatvaṃ kriyate iti trayyā vidyayeti brūyāt.
Yadṛcaiva hautraṃ kriyate yajuṣā”dhvaryavaṃ sāmnodgīthaṃ vyārabdhā trayī vidyā bhavati. Then what about Brahmā? He is supposed to be thorough in Atharvaveda and has to do with other three Vedas also. The above three Vedas are called Trayī and this term is popular in Vedic and secular literatures. In a Yāga, Hotā recites Ṛgveda, Adhvaryu Yajurveda and Udgātā Sāmaveda. Sāyaṇācārya authored a commentary on this Veda. Praśnopaniṣat, Muṇḍakopaniṣat and Māṇḍūkyopaniṣat are connected with Atharvaveda. Gopathabrāhmaṇam and three Upaniṣats, viz. A blend of prosody and prose is seen in this Veda. Unlike the other three Vedas, Atharvaveda consists of Mantras dealing with health, polity, society, exorcism etc. There were nine branches of this Veda and presently only two are available. Brahmā is the priest, who represents Atharvaveda during the performance of a Yāga. Atharvā is the name of the sage, who propagated the Veda. While walking out of the corridors of this Gurukul in six years, the future scholars will have significantly contributed to reduce Atharvana Veda’s ‘endangered’ status.Atharvaveda is the last of the four parts of the mass of knowledge called Veda. “Atharva Veda is all about environmental science and astronomy, but it is not given its due,“rues Professor Gangadhar Panda of Puri(Odisha), who teaches at the Patasala. The course is imparted in true “Gurukul” style, where the little boys grow up by learning the Vedas and serving the Guru. There are 30 inmates, who are mostly natives of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Assam and Telangana States. This course is considered equivalent to the Intermediate education and those passing out are directly eligible for undergraduate course. Vedas are taught alongside modern education, with subjects like mathematics, science and computers etc., in the seven-year “Veda Vibhushan” course. The school is affiliated to ujjain based Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishtan, which functions under the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development. Sadly enough, 98 of the 100 branches (Shakas) of Atharva Veda have been lost and only Shownik and Pippala shakas are practiced, that too in some pockets of Odisha and Gujarat. Sridhar Acharya, founder president of Navajeevan group of Charitable Institutions told The Hindu. It is this alarming situation that propelled the idea of starting an exclusive Patasala, “K. There are just around 10 qualified scholars and 100 – 120 learners of Atharva Veda in India, in sharp contrast to the thousands available for the other three. While most such Patasalas teach Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samarveda too, Navajeevan Atharvana Veda Patasala in Tiruchanur is determined to make a difference by taking up only Atharva Veda, which is learnt or taught only by a handful in the entire country. Here is a Veda Patasala that deals exclusively with “Atharva Veda”, the most endangered of all the four Vedas. There are very few scholars who can teach this veda in the country at present.