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Download Solution PDFWhich of the following Veda mentions about magical rituals and charms?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is option 3, i.e. Atharva Veda.
- The Atharva Veda is one of the four Vedas which mentions about magical rituals and charms.
- The Atharva Veda is sometimes called the "Veda of magical formulas”, an epithet declared to be incorrect by other scholars.
- The Samhita layer of the text represents a developing 2nd millennium BCE tradition of magico-religious rites to address superstitious anxiety, spells to remove maladies believed to be caused by demons, and herbs- and nature-derived potions as medicine.
- Vedas are the collection of Hindu and other ancient religious texts written in ancient India between 1500-1000 BCE.
- Rigveda is the oldest Veda of all.
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