The " Srautasutra " texts and the are attached to the Atharvaveda Shaunaka edition, as are a supplement of Atharvan " Prayascitthas ", two " Pratishakhyas ", and a collection of " Parisisthas ".
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This treatment method being developed on the basic five elements-earth, water, fire, air and space, is introduced after the mythical priest Atharvan who is considered as the first one to develop prayers to fire, as per the historical records.
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Atharvan explains that the first syllable of Om, " A ", represents the Prithvi ( Earth ), the Rig Veda, the god Brahma the Creator of the Trimurti, the color red, the eight Vasus, the gayatri meter, and " Garhapatya ", the sacred fire in a household.
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And Daksha, Prachetas, Pulaha, Marichi, the master Kasyapa, Bhrigu, Atri, and Vasistha and Gautama, and also Angiras, and Pulastya, Kraut, Prahlada, and Kardama, "'these Prajapatis "', and Angirasa of the Atharvan Veda, the Valikhilyas, the Marichipas; Intelligence, Space, Knowledge, Air, Heat, Water, Earth, Sound, Touch, Form, Taste, Scent; Nature, and the Modes ( of Nature ), and the elemental and prime causes of the world,-- all stay in that mansion beside the lord Brahma.
