Atharva Veda, the "Veda of the Atharvan," is the fourth canonical Veda, crystallizing in the later Vedic period and preserved through oral recensions. Unlike the sacrificial focus of other Vedas, it addresses everyday life: hymns, charms and rituals for healing, protection, fertility and household welfare, alongside spells and social prayers. It preserves early medical lore and seeds of Upanishadic reflection—cosmology, mind, ethics. Key themes include healing and herbal knowledge, safeguarding the community, domestic ritual, and nascent philosophy. Today Atharva Veda informs Ayurveda, ethnobotany and cultural history, offering a pragmatic, human-centered spirituality still resonant for health, ritual practice and philosophical inquiry.