This article is to give an account of a general outline of Vrātyas as revealed in the Atharvaveda as well as later in the early Brāhmanical texts. Here follows an overall picture of the study as a whole. The study embodies all the important aspects denoted by the term ‘Vrātya’; the meaning of Vrātya as reflected in the Atharvaveda in particular, and other vedic texts as well as Smṛti literature; the social status of Vrātyas; the glorification of Vrātyas etc., have been enumerated in this article.