Sanskrit

Noun

अथर्वन् • ‎(átharvan) m

1. a priest who has to do with fire and Soma

Proper noun

अथर्वन् • ‎(Átharvan) m

1. name 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, etc.)
2. name of Śiva, Vasishṭha

See also

• अग्नि ‎(agni)

References

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 17
• Witzel, Michael (2003) Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129), Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations