One of the five संहिता sections of the अथर्ववेद composed by मुनि मुञ्जिकेश , the other four sections being नक्षत्रकल्पम् , वेदकल्पम् , संहिताकल्पम् and आङ्गिरसकल्पम् . नक्षत्रकल्पम् contains rules for the worship of the stars; वेदकल्पम् contains the rites regarding ब्रह्मन् , the ऋत्विक् ; संहिताकल्पम् contains the rules about mantras, and the आङ्गिर्सकल्पम् deals with black magic and शान्तिकल्पम् contains rules about propitiating deities by offerings of horse, elephant etc.