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Atharvaveda · c. 1200–900 BCE · Vedic Sanskrit
Traditional: Atharvan and Angiras ṛṣis (traditional family attribution)
Scholarly note: Two major recensions (Śaunaka, Paippalāda) with different ordering and some unique hymns.
Domestic rites, healing, royal protection, and popular religion alongside śrauta corpus — the “everyday” Veda.
Extent · 730 hymns / ~6,000 mantras (Śaunaka); Paippalāda differs
Twenty kāṇḍas mixing mantra spells, cosmogonic poems, and royal prayers.