átharvan 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, Vasiṣṭha [[Kir. x, 10]], Soma, Prāṇa
átharvan m. n. (ā, a) 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)
átharvan m. pl. (átharvāṇas). descendants of Atharvan, often coupled with those of Aṅgiras and Bhṛgu