5 Amazing Facts about Atharva Veda

In this post I will talk about some amazing facts about Atharva Veda (Sanskrit: अथर्ववेद, Bengali: অথর্ববেদ ). The Atharva Veda is a sacred Hindu Veda text. The others are Rig Veda, Yajur Veda and Sama Veda.

#1 Amazing Facts about Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda is one of the earliest Indo-European texts the bulk of which is from 1500 BC to 1000 BC.

It predates Bible by 1500 years and Koran by 2000 years!

#2 Amazing Facts about Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda is the oldest book in the world which treats the Earth as an organic entity, which is self-sustaining and has a life of its own. Modern day movements like GAIA pale in comparison to the Bhumi Sukta of the Atharva Veda.

Amazing Facts about Atharva Veda GAIA earth

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#3 Amazing Facts about Atharva Veda

The sages in Atharva Veda understood the abstract concept of time, and in hymns 19.53 and 19.54 state that all existences are defined in time.

This is what modern Big Bang Theorists say. That there was no concept of time before Big Bang or creation of Universe.

Hindu sages of Atharva Veda said the same thing 3000 years ago!

Amazing Facts about Atharva Veda Big Bang Singulairty Time

#4 Amazing Facts about Atharva Veda

People in Atharva Vedic times (1500 BC) could count upto 100 of millions. Atharva Veda 8.3.21 gives the number 432 million.

While Europe and and Arabs were still hunting animals and scavenging for food, Hindu scientists were doing advanced astronomical calculations!

#5 Amazing Facts about Atharva Veda

Scientists in ancient India understood the concept of "Infinity" very well.

Atharva Veda 10.8.29 says that when infinity is removed from infinity, infinity remains, which is the modern definition accepted by modern mathematicians.

Source:
Essentials of Atharva Veda, Prof R L Kashyap
Picture Courtesy: onlineastrologyconsultancy

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