A History of Sanskrit Literature c10.42

c10.42

Finally, the Purāṇas not only regularly speak of the fourfold Veda, but assign to the *Atharva* the advanced position claimed for it by its own ritual literature. Thus the *Vishṇu Purāṇa* connects the *Atharva* with the fourth priest (the *brahman*) of the sacrificial ritual.