Atharvan (अथर्वन्, atharvan-; an n-stem with nominative singular अथर्वा atharvā) was a legendary Vedic sage (rishi) of Hinduism who along with Angiras is supposed to haveauthored ("heard") the Atharvaveda. He is also said to have first instituted the fire-sacrifice or yagna. Sometimes he is also reckoned among the seven seers or Saptarishi. His clan is known as the Atharvanas. Atharvan married with chitti , daughter of kardam rishi. And had a great sage Dadhichi as a son. Atharvan means fire priest , and still a common name in India & Iran. He was referred to of bhrigu clan many times.
According to mundaka upnisad and other texts, he was eldest son & (Manas putra) born from mind of the brahma. Vedic atharvan is cognate with Avestan athravan, "priest", but the etymology of the term is not yet conclusively established. "Attempts have been made to connect the term with Avestan atar- "fire" (not attested in Vedic); but these have been prompted by what is probably a mistaken assumption of the importance of fire in the ancient Indo-Iranian religion." (Boyce, 1982:16)
VED PROVES THAT PARSI PROPHET RISHI ATHARWA(ATHRAWAN IS FIRST WARNA OF PARSI COMMUNITY)FIRST DISCOVERED YAGY.AND ATHARWA RISHI IS THE AUTHOR OF DIVYA AUSHADI(AYURVED). https://youtu.be/zgl2gg8tLLE https://youtu.be/u4zO8yj0Rmg
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