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proofread, but needs to be validated.    FIRST Khanda  1. Brahmâ
was the first of the Devas, the maker of the universe, the
preserver of the world. He told the knowlede of Brahman, the
foundation of all knowledge, to his eldest son Atharva.[1]  2.
Whatever Brahmâ told Atharvan, that knowledge of Brahman
Atharvan formerly told to Angir; he told it to Satyavâha
Bhâradvâga, and Bhâradvâga told it in succession to Angiras.  3.
Saunaka, the great householder, approached Angiras respectfully
and asked: "Sir, what is that through which, if it is known,
everything else becomes known?"  4. He said to him: "Two kinds
of knowledge must be known, this is what all who know Brahman
tell us, the higher and the lower knowledge."  5. "The lower
knowledge is the Rig-veda, Yagur-veda, Sâma-veda, Atharva-veda,
Sikshâ (phonetics), Kalpa (ceremonial), Vyâkarana (grammar),
Nirukta (etymology), Khandas (metre), Gyotisha