iv, 17. Charm with the apaméarga-plant, against sorcery, demons, and enemies
iv, 18. Charm with the apamarga-plant, again sorcery, demons, and enemies
iv, 19. Mystic power of the apam4rga-plant, cusiens demons and sorcerers . :
LV.
vii, 65. Charm with the apamarga-plant, against curses, and the consequence of sinful deeds
x, 1. Charm to repel sorceries or spells
v, 31. Charm to repel sorceries or spells
v, 14. Charm to repel sorceries or spells
viii, 5. Prayer for protection addressed to a talis- man made from the wood of the sraktya-tree .
x, 3. Praise of the virtues of an amulet derived
from the varava-tree . >
x, 6. Praise of the virtues of an pele of eadliens wood in the shape of a ploughshare
iv, 16. Prayer to Varuvza for protection against treacherous designs
ii, 12. Imprecation against enemies thwarting holy work .
vii, 70. Frustration of the satya of an enemy
ii, 7. Charm against curses and hostile plots, under- taken with a certain plant . ;
iii, 6. The asvattha-tree as a destroyer of enemies.
vi, 75- Oblation for the suppression of enemies (nairbadhyam havi)
vi, 37. Curse against one that practises hostile charms .
vii, 13. Charm to sini enemies or. their arenih
Charms pertaining to women (strikarmazi).
ii, 36. Charm to obtain a husband
vi, 60. Charm to obtain a husband
vi, 82. Charm for obtaining a wife
vi, 78. Blessing for a married couple
vii, 36. Love-charm spoken by a bridal couple
vii, 37. Charm pronounced by the bride over the bridegroom . ‘
vi, 81. A bracelet as an ameblet to ensure concep- tion ; : ;
iii, 23. Charm for obtaining a son 1 (pussavanam) .
vi, 11. Charm for obtaining a son (pumsavanam) .
vii, 35. An incantation to make a woman sterile
vi, 17. Charm to prevent miscarriage .
i, 11. Charm for easy parturition
gi, 285 QI, 334
eon Charm with pehacets to secure the love of a
woman . .
ii, 30. Charm to secure ‘ itie sive of a woman
vi, 8. Charm to secure the love of a woman.
vi, 9. Charm to secure the love of a woman .
vi, 102. Charm to secure the love of a woman
iii, 25. Charm to arouse the passionate love of
a woman f
vi, 139. Charm to arouse the pasionat thie of
a woman :
vii, 38. Charm to secure the love of aman .
vi, 130. Charm to arouse the er. love of
a man
vi, 131. Charm to arouse the pasionat love ae
a man ‘
vi, 132. Charm to arouse the cavcannnis Live of
a man :
iv, 5. Charm at an acne
vi, 77. Charm to cause the return of a truant
woman
vi, 18. Charm to allay sda
vii, 45. Charm to allay jealousy .
i, 14. A woman’s incantation against her sval
ili, 18. Charm of a woman against a rival or co-wife
vi, 138. Charm for depriving a man of his virility .
i, 18. Charm to remove evil bodily characteristics
from a woman
vi, 110. Expiatory charm for a child bier mies an
unlucky star : ;
vi, 140. Expiation for the sbierular nipkarcube er
the first pair of teeth . } : :
V. Charms pertaining to royalty (ragakarm4zi).
iv, 8. Prayer at the consecration of a king
lii, 3. Charm for the restoration of an exiled king .
lii, 4. Prayer at the election of a king . ‘
lil, 5. Praise of an amulet derived from the parna- tree, designed to strengthen royal power
iv, 22. Charm to secure the superiority of a king .
i, 9. Prayer for earthly and heavenly success
IOI, 459 101, 512
It, 378 E12, 437
Ii3, 33°
vi, 38. Prayer for lustre and power
vi, 39. Prayer for glory (yasas)
viii, 8. Battle-charm F ;
i, 19. Battle-charm against arrow-wounds
iii, 1. Battle-charm for confusing the enemy.
iii, 2. Battle-charm for confusing the enemy.
vi, 97- Battle-charm of a king upon the eve of battle . ;
vi, 99. Battle-charm of a eaege upon the eve of battle .
xi, 9. Prayer to Arbudi and Neariuidi for a in battle . ‘
xi, 10. Prayer to Trishamdhi for sy in battle
v, 20. Hymn to the battle-drum .
v, 21. Hymn to the battle-drum, the terror of the enemy.
VI. Charms to secure harmony, influence in the assem-
bly, and the like (saminanasyani, &c.).
iii, 30. Charm to secure harmony
vi, 73. Charm to allay discord
vi, 74. Charm to allay discord ,
vii, 52. Charm against strife and Siaitatiad
vi, 64. Charm to allay discord
vi, 42. Charm to appease anger .
vi, 43- Charm to appease anger . :
ii, 27. Charm against opponents in debate, der. taken with the pa/i-plant
vii, 12. Charm to procure influence in the assembly
vi, 94. Charm to bring about submission to one’s will
VII. Charms to secure prosperity in house, field, cattle,
business, gambling, and kindred matters.
iii, 12. Prayer at the building of a house
vi, 142. Blessing during the sowing of seed .
vi, 79. Charm for procuring increase of grain
vi, 50. Exorcism of vermin ae grain in the field
vii, 11. Charm to protect grain from lightning
116, 477
117, 478
117, 582
120, 262
121, 325
tat,-327
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ii, 26. Charm for the prosperity of cattle
iii, 14. Charm for the prosperity of cattle . ;
vi, 59. Prayer to the plant arundhati for epee: to cattle
vi, 70. Charm to secure the steatitet of a cow to her calf . :
iii, 28. Formula in expiation of the birth r twin- calves . : °
vi, 92. Charm to aie a horse with ttihen
iii, 13. Charm for conducting a river into a new channel ; :
vi, 106. Charm to ward off ene cen fire.
iv, 3. Shepherd’s charm against wild beasts and robbers :
iii, 15. A merchant’s prayer :
iv, 38. A. Prayer for success in gambling
B. Prayer to secure the return of calves that have strayed to a distance
vli, 50. Prayer for success at dice ; ‘
vi, 56. Exorcism of serpents from the premises
x, 4. Charm against serpents, invoking the horse of Pedu that slays serpents . ;
xi, 2. Prayer to Bhava and Sarva for protection from dangers
iv, 28. Prayer to Bhava sai Suan tbe vtpetiia from dangers.
vii, 9. Charm for finding lost Bipdeey?
vi, 128. Propitiation of the weather-prophet .
xi, 6. Prayer for deliverance from calamity, ad- dressed to the entire pantheon
VIII. Charms in expiation of sin and defilement.
vi,
vi,
Vi,
45. Prayer against mental delinquency . :
26. Charm to avert evil .
114. Expiatory formula for imperfections in the sacrifice
115. Expiatory formulas is sins :
112. Expiation for the precedence of a younger brother over an older . A ‘ :
vi, 113. Expiation for certain heinous crimes
vi, vi,
vi, 120. Prayer for heaven after remission of sins .
vi, 27. Charm against pigeons sage as ominous birds . ‘ ‘ : P
vi, 29. Charm against ominous aia and keiths
vii, 64. Expiation when one is defiled by a black bird of omen :
vi, 46. Exorcism of evil iene ; ,
vii, 115. Charm for the removal of evil Pea istics, and the acquisition of auspicious ones .
IX. Prayers and imprecations in the interest of the
Brahmans.
v, 18. Imprecation against the sees of Brah- mans . ;
v, 19. Imprecation aginst the eee of Brake mans . : 3
v, 7. Prayer to appease 2 Ardti the “iene of grudge and avarice ‘ ‘
xii, 4. The necessity of giving away sterile cows to the Brahmans :
xi, 1. The preparation of the bealinidadain, the porridge given as a fee to the Brahmans
xii, 3. The preparation of the brahmaudana, the porridge given as a fee to the Brahmans
ix, 3. Removal of a house that has been presented to a priest as sacrificial reward . ‘
vi, 71. Brahmanical prayer at the receipt of gifts .
xx, 127. A kuntapa-hymn .
X. Cosmogonic and theosophic hymns.
xii, 1. Hymn to goddess Earth . ‘ ‘ ;
xiii, 1. Prayer for sovereign power addressed to the god Rohita and his female Rohint
xi, 5- Glorification of the sun, or the rege prin- ciple, as a Brahman disciple
xi, 4. Prana, life or breath, personified as ve supreme spirit ; ;
ix, 2. Prayer to Kama (love), personified as a pri- mordial power .
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xix, 53. Prayer to Kala (time), personified as a ey
mordial principle . ;
xix, 54. Prayer to Kala (time), Bertonined as a pri- mordial principle .
xi, 7. Apotheosis of the u&s/ishéa, the ‘edu of the sacrifice
ix, 1. Hymn to the Siucanen of the soho
INDEXES :—
I. Index of Subjects
IJ. Index of Hymns in the order of the Athi iae Sods
Additions and Corrections .
Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East
INTRODUCTION.
I. THE NAMES OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA AND THEIR MEANINGS.
THE fourth Veda is known in Hindu literature by an Thecom. Unusually large number of appellations. Of pound stem these the dvandva plural atharvangirasaz is old, © atharvangiras. : eT occurring AV. X, 7,20; it is the name found at the head of the Atharvan MSS. themselves. The appear- ance of this name in a given text has not unfrequently been made the basis—partly or entirely—for estimating the rela- tive chronology of that text. But this criterion can claim only negative value, since the designation occurs in a text as late as the Ausanasa-smrzti, III, 441. It is found in a great variety of texts of the Vedic literature, as may be seen in the subsequent account of the attitude of Hindu literature towards the fourth Veda (p. xxviii ff.), but at no period does it positively exclude other designations.
The locative singular of this same compound occurs in a passage not altogether textually certain, Mahabh. III, 305, 20=17066, where the Bombay edition has atharvangi- rasi srutam, but the Calcutta, atharvasirasi srutam. The locative singular (apparently neuter) of the stem atharvangi- rasa occurs rarely, Yagvav. I, 312 (kusalam atharvangirase). A specimen of a derivative adjective from the compound may be seen at Manu XI, 33, atharvangirasifZ srutiz; cf. Mahabh. VIII, 40, 33=1848, krity4m atharvangirasim.
' See Civananda’s DharmasAstrasamgraha, vol. i, p. 514.
XVIll HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. Oe Se fe EE es ee
The name atharvan, with a great variety of derivatives,
! is employed growingly as the designation of
eRe the Veda; the name dngiras by itself is so
pare ar ay rare as to arrest attention when it is met.
At TS. VII, 5, 11, 2 = Kathaka Asvamedha- grantha, V, 2, occurs the formula angirobhyad svaha, pre- ceded by rigbhyah, &c. svaha: it is, as far as is known, - the solitary occurrence of this designation of the Atharva- veda in a Vedic text}. Quite frequently, however, the members of the compound atharvangirasak are separated so that each is mentioned by itself, but always in more or less close conjunction with one another. This shows that the compound is not a congealed formula, but that the texts are conscious of the fact that each has a distinct individuality, and a right to separate existence. In other words, the AV. actually consists of atharvan and angiras matter, and the question arises what elements in the make- up of this Veda these terms refer to. The answer, I believe, may now be given with a considerable degree of certainty : the term atharvan refers to the auspicious practices of the Veda, the bheshagaéni (AV. XI, 6, 14), those parts of the Veda which are recognised by the Atharvan ritual and the orthodox Brahmanical writings, as sAnta, ‘holy,’ and paush/ika, ‘conferring prosperity ;’ the term angiras refers to the hostile sorcery practices of the Veda, the yatu (Sat. Br. X, 5, 2, 20), or abhifara?, which is terrible (ghora).
In an article entitled, ‘On the position of the Vaitana- sitra in the literature of the Atharva-veda, Journ. Amer. Or. Soc. XI, 387 ff., I pointed out that the above-mentioned distinction is clearly made at Vait. Sd. 5,10, where two lists of plants are differentiated, one as atharvazya, the other as angirasyak. The same distinction is maintained at Gop. Br. I, 2,18. The former refers to the list of plants
* Jn texts not Vedic the term angirasah occurs occasionally as an abbreviated form of atharvangirasaz, Thus in the first superscription of the AV. Prati- sakhya, the Saunakiya Xaturadhyayika, and in Pawini V, 2, 37. Cf. also Gop. Br. I, 1, 8.
* For the distinction between santa and 4bhifarika see Kaus. 3, 19, and note 5 on p. 11 of our edition.
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1 Cf. AV. Ill, 2, 5; VII, 108, 2; IX, 2, 4; 5, 31; XIV, 2, 48.
2 Darila, ghoradravy4mi.
* Kesava, 4igirasos gnih Aandalagnih.