1, of the Atharvan is to earth and fire (19-20).

In the Rik, _atharvan_ is fire-priest and bringer of fire from heaven; while once the word may mean fire itself (viii.

9, 7).

The name Brahmaveda is perhaps best referred to _brahma_ as fire (whence 'fervor,' 'prayer,' and again 'energy,' 'force').

In distinction from the great _soma_-sacrifices, the fire-cult always remains the chief thing in the domestic ritual.