Atharva-Veda

(ətär`və-vā`də, –vē–): see VedaVeda
[Sanskrit,=knowledge, cognate with English wit, from a root meaning know], oldest scriptures of Hinduism and the most ancient religious texts in an Indo-European language.
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Hymns of the Atharva-Veda. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

The dark and deep underworld in the Veda

Whitney, tr., Atharva-Veda Samhita HOS 7-8 [Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ.

Vrata divine and human in the early Veda

After lighting incense before Lord Ganesha statue and sprinkling holy water from river Ganga, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed read Shanti Mantra in Sanskrit from the Earth Day stage, followed by "Prithvi Sukta" (hymn to earth) from Atharva-Veda, invoking the Goddess Earth.

Lord Ganesha worshiped to open Nevada Earth Day Celebrations

Hymns of the Atharva-Veda. Oxford: OUR [Reprint 1992.

Postscript on Vedic jangahe

Rajan Zed pointed out that ancient Hindu scriptures, especially Atharva-Veda, were highly respectful of mother nature.

Hindus back Catholic Bishops on Climate Change policy protecting world's poor

This groundbreaking work, which took one year to complete involving extensive research, contains shlokas (hymns) from all four Vedas-Rig-veda, Sama-veda, Atharva-veda, and Yajur-veda; some as old as 1,500 BCE.