It is not Athavana Veda as most people pronounce it.
Atharveda is not as large as the Rug Veda.
There are 10552 verses in Rig Veda and around 5987 verses (varies slightly based on recessions) in Atharva Veda.
Thus Atharva Veda is a little more than half the size of Rig Veda.
It is three times bigger than Yajur Veda or Sama Veda.
From the preliminary analysis of the text, it is revealed that Atharva Veda was centered around the northern Sarasvati region and later became the text of the shamans in the Kuru kingdom which got established to the east of Sarasvati (in Haryana![]()
