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'''Atharvan''' ({{langx|sa|अथर्वन्}} {{IAST3|Atharvan}}, [[nominative]] [[Grammatical number|singular]]: अथर्वा {{IAST3|Atharvā}}) is a legendary [[Vedic]] sage ([[rishi]]) of Hinduism, who along with [[Angiras]], is supposed to have authored ("[[shruti|heard]]") the [[Atharvaveda]]. He is also said to have first instituted the fire-sacrifice or [[yajña]]. Sometimes he is also reckoned among the seven seers, the [[Saptarishi]]. His clan is known as the Atharvanas. Atharvan married Shanti, daughter of [[Prajapati]] [[Kardama]], and had a great sage [[Dadhichi]] as a son. He is referred to as a member of the [[Bhrigu]] clan.<br />
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According to the [[Mundaka Upanishad]] and other texts, he was the eldest son and ([[Manasaputra]]) born from mind of the creator deity, [[Brahma]].<br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
Vedic ''atharvan'' is cognate with [[Avestan]] ''āθrauuan'' / ''aθaurun'', "priest", but the etymology of the term is not yet conclusively established. It was once thought to be etymologically related to the [[Avestan]] ''[[atar|ātar]]'', but that is now considered unlikely (Boyce, 2002:16). It has been suggested by scholars that the Vedic and Avestan terms are not of Indo-European origin, and are derived from the [[Substratum in Vedic Sanskrit#Language of the Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC)|BMAC substrate]].[https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A2884808/view]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Vedic priesthood]]<br />
*[[Dadhichi]]<br />
*[[Manasaputra]]<br />
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==References==<br />
*[[Boyce, Mary]] (2002). "Āθravan". Encyclopædia Iranica. New York: Mazda Pub. pp.&nbsp;16–17. Available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/atravan-priest (accessed on 30 December 2012).<br />
*{{cite book|first=A. |last=Lubotsky |author-link=Alexander Lubotsky |chapter=The Indo-Iranian Substratum |title=Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations |editor1-first= C. |editor1-last=Carpelan |editor2-first=A. |editor2-last=Parpola |editor3-first=P.|editor3-last=Koskikallio |location=Helsinki |publisher=Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura |date=2001 |pages=301–317}}<br />
*[[Witzel, Michael]] (2003). "Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia". ''Sino-Platonic Papers'' Volume 129. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations.<br />
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