अथर्वन्
अग्नि पुरोहित‚ ब्रह्मा के ज्येष्ठ पुत्र‚ प्रथम अग्नि पुरोहित का नाम‚ वसिष्ठ‚ उनके वंशज‚ उनके कहे मंत्र, अथर्ववेद
the first firepriest, the eldest son of brahma, name of the first fire priest, vasishtha, his descendants, his incantations, the atharva veda
अथर्वन् — {átharvan} {ā} m. (said to be fr. an obsolete word {athar}, fire), a priest who has to do with fire and Soma##N. of the priest who is said to have been the first to institute the worship of fire and offer Soma and prayers (he is represented as a Prajāpati, as Brahmā's eldest son, as the first learner and earliest teacher of the Brahma-vidyā, as the author of the Atharva-veda, as identical with Aṅgiras, as the father of Agni, &c.)##N. of Śiva, Vasishṭha [Kir. x, 10], Soma, Prāṇa##({ā}, {a}), m. n. the fourth or Atharva-veda (said to have been composed by Atharvan, and consisting chiefly of formulas and spells intended to counteract diseases and calamities)##({átharvāṇas}). pl. m. descendants of Atharvan, often coupled with those of Aṅgiras and Bhṛigu##the hymns of the Atharva-veda