[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s1.101 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.101 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.101 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.101) Ātharvaṇa, a patronymic formed from the name of the mythic Atharvan, is found normally in the plural neuter as a designation of the hymns of the Atharvans. This use appears in the late nineteenth book of the Atharvaveda,¹ and in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa.² In the singular the expression Ātharvaṇa (Veda), though not occurring till the Chāndogya Upaniṣad,³ is earlier than the term ‘Atharvaveda,’ which is first found in the Sūtras.⁴ In the Nidāna Sūtra⁵ Ātharvaṇikas, or ‘followers of the Atharvaveda,’ appear. - [Previous: v1.c3.s1.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.100) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.102) - [Up: v1.c3.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1) ## Linked texts (4) - [Nidānasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.nidana) — Patañjali (grammarian), Sanskrit - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya) — Sanskrit - [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.101) · Pramāṇa