HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA
I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES AND POSSESSION BY DEMONS
OF DISEASE (BHAISHAGYKNI).
- V, 22. Charm against takman (fever) and related
diseases.
- VI, 20. Charm against takman (fever).
- I, 25. Charm against takman (fever).
- VII, 116. Charm against takman (fever).
- V, 4. Prayer to the kushtha-plant to destroy
takman (fever).
- XIX, 39. Prayer to the kushtha-plant to destroy
takman (fever), and other ailments.
- I, 12. Prayer to lightning, conceived as the cause
of fever, headache, and cough.
- I, 22. Charm against jaundice and related diseases.
- VI, 14. Charm against the disease balâsa.
- VI, 105. Charm against cough.
- I, 2. Charm against excessive discharges from the
body.
- II, 3. Charm against excessive discharges from
the body, undertaken with spring-water.
- VI, 44. Charm against excessive discharges from
the body.
- I, 3. Charm against constipation and retention of
urine.
- VI, 90. Charm against internal pain (colic), due
to the missiles of Rudra.
- I, 10. Charm against dropsy.
- VII, 83. Charm against dropsy.
- VI, 24. Dropsy, heart-disease, and kindred
maladies cured by flowing water.
- VI, 80. An oblation to the sun, conceived as one
of the two heavenly dogs, as a cure for paralysis.
- II, 8. Charm against kshetriya, hereditary
disease.
- II, 10. Charm against kshetriya, hereditary
disease.
- III, 7. Charm against kshetriya, hereditary
disease.
- I, 23. Leprosy cured by a dark plant.
- I, 24. Leprosy cured by a dark plant.
- VI, 83. Charm for curing scrofulous sores called
apakit.
- VII, 76. A. Charm for curing scrofulous sores
called apakit.
- B. Charm for curing tumours called gâyânya.
- C. Stanza sung at the mid-day pressure of the
soma.
- VII, 74. A. Charm for curing scrofulous sores
called apakit.
- B. Charm to appease jealousy.
- C. Prayer to Agni, the lord of vows.
- VI, 25. Charm against scrofulous sores upon neck
and shoulders.
- VI, 57. Urine (gâlâsha) as a cure for scrofulous
sores.
- IV, 12. Charm with the plant arundhatî (lâkshâ)
for the cure of fractures.
- V, 5. Charm with the plant silâki (lâkshâ,
arundhatî) for the cure of wounds.
- VI, 109. The pepper-corn as a cure for wounds.
- I, 17. Charm to stop the flow of blood.
- II, 31. Charm against worms.
- II. 32. Charm against worms in cattle.
- V, 23. Charm against worms in children.
- IV, 6. Charm against poison.
- IV, 7. Charm against poison.
- VI, 100. Ants as an antidote against poison.
- VI, 13 Charm against snake-poison.
- VI, 12. Charm against snake-poison.
- VII, 56. Charm against the poison of serpents,
scorpions, and insects.
- VI, 16. Charm against ophthalmia.
- VI, 21. Charm to promote the growth of hair.
- VI, 136. Charm with the plant nitatni to promote
the growth of hair.
- VI, 137. Charm to promote the growth of hair.
- IV, 4. Charm to promote virility.
- VI, 111. Charm against mania.
- IV, 37. Charm with the plant agasringi to drive
out Rakshas, Apsaras and Gandharvas.
- II, 9. Possession by demons of disease, cured by
an amulet of ten kinds of wood.
- IV, 6. Charm against demons (pisâka) conceived as
the cause of disease.
- II, 25. Charm with the plant prisniparnî against
the demon of disease, called kanva.
- VI, 32. Charm for driving away demons (Rakshas
and Pisâkas).
- II, 4. Charm with an amulet derived from the
gangida tree, against diseases and demons.
- XIX, 34, Charm with an amulet derived from the
gafigpida-tree, aoainst diseases and demons.
- XIX, 35. Charm with an amulet derived from the
gangida-tree, against diseases and demons.
- VI, 85. Exorcism of disease by means of an amulet
from the varana-tree.
- VI, 127. The kîpudru-tree as a panacea.
- XIX, 38. The healing properties of bdellium.
- VI, 91. Barley and water as universal remedies.
- VIII, 7. Hymn to all magic and medicinal plants,
used as a universal remedy.
- VI, 96. Plants as a panacea.
- II, 32. Charm to secure perfect health.
- IX, 8. Charm to procure immunity from all
diseases.
- II, 29. Charm for obtaining long life and
prosperity by transmission of disease.
II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH (ÂYUSHYÂNI).
III. IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, SORCERERS, AND
ENEMIES (ÂBHIKÂRIKÂNI AND KRITYÂPRATIHARANÂNI).
- I, 7. Against sorcerers and demons.
- I, 8. Against sorcerers and demons.
- I, 16. Charm with lead, against demons and
sorcerers.
- VI, 2. The soma-oblation directed against Demons
(rakshas).
- II, 14. Charm against a variety of female demons,
conceived as hostile to men, cattle, and home.
- III, 9. Against vishkandha and kâbava (hostile
demons).
- IV, 20. Charm with a certain plant (sadampushpâ)
which exposes demons and enemies.
- IV, 17. Charm with the apâmârga-plant, against
sorcery, demons, and enemies.
- IV, 18. Charm with the apâmârga-plant, against
sorcerers and demons.
- IV, 19. Mystic power of the apâmârga-plant,
against demons and sorcerers.
- VII, 65. Charm with the apâmârga-plant, against
curses, and the consequences 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
talisman made from wood of the sraktya-tree.
- X, 3. Praise of the virtues of an amulet derived
from the varana-tree.
- X, 6. Praise of the virtues of amulet of
khadira-wood in the shape of a ploughshare.
- IV, 16. Prayer to Varuna for protection against
treacherous designs.
- II, 12. Imprecation against enemies thwarting
holy work.
- VII, 70. Frustration of the sacrifice of an enemy.
- II, 7. Charm against curses and hostile plots,
undertaken with a certain plant.
- III, 6. The asvattha-tree as a destroyer of
enemies.
- VI, 75. Oblation for the suppression of enemies
(nairbâdhyam havih).
- VII 37. Curse against one that practises hostile
charms.
- VII, 13. Charm to deprive enemies of their
strength.
IV. CHARMS PFRTAINING TO WOMEN (STRiKARATkV1).
- II, 36. Charm to obtain a husband.
- VI, 60. Charm for obtaining 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 amulet to ensure
conception.
- III, 23. Charm for obtaining a son (pumsavanam).
- 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.
- I, 34. Charm with licorice, to secure the love of
a woman.
- II, 30. Charm to secure the love 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.
- VII, 139. Charm to arouse the passionate love of
a woman.
- VII, 38. Charm to secure the love of a man.
- VI, 130. Charm to arouse the passionate love of a
man.
- VI, 131. Charm to arouse the passionate love of a
man.
- VI, 132. Charm to arouse the passionate love of a
man.
- IV, 5. Charm at an assignation.
- VI, 77. Charm to cause the return of a truant
woman.
- VI, 18. Charm to allay jealousy.
- VII, 45. Charm to allay jealousy.
- I, 14. A woman's incantation against her rival.
- III, 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 born under
an unlucky star.
- VI, 140. Expiation for the irregular appearance
of the first pair of teeth.
V. CHARMS PERTAINING TO ROYALTY (RÂGAKARMÂNI).
- IV, 8. Prayer at the consecration of a king.
- III, 3. Charm for the restoration of an exiled
king.
- III, 4. Prayer at the election of a king.
- III, 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.
- VI, 38. Prayer for lustre and power.
- VI, 39. Prayer for glory (yasas).
- VIII, 8. Battle-charm.
- 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 king on the eve of
battle.
- XI, 9. Prayer to Arbudi and Nyarbudi for help in
battle.
- XI, 10. Prayer to Trishamdhi for help 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
ASSE-NIBLY, AND THE LIKE (SÂMMANASYÂNI, ETC.).
- III, 30. Charm to secure harmony.
- VI, 73. Charm to allay discord.
- VI, 74. Charm to allay discord.
- VII, 52. Charm against strife and bloodshed.
- 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,
undertaken with the pâtâ-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 infesting grain in the
field.
- VII, 11. Charm to protect grain from lightning.
- II, 26. Charm for the prosperity of cattle.
- III, 14. Charm for the prosperity of cattle.
- VI, 59. Prayer to the plant arundhatî for
protection to cattle.
- VI, 70. Charm to secure the attachment of a cow to
her calf.
- III, 28. Formula in expiation of the birth of
twin-calves
- VI, 92. Charm to endow a horse with swiftness.
- III, 13. Charm for conducting a river into a new
channel.
- VI, 106. Charm to ward off danger from 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.
- VII, 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 and Sarva for protection
from calamities.
- VII, 9. Charm for finding lost property.
- VI, 128. Propitiation of the weather-prophet.
- XI, 6. Prayer for deliverance from calamity,
addressed to the entire pantheon.
VIII. CHARMS IN EXPIATION OF SIN AND DEFILEMENT.
- VI, 45. Prayer against mental delinquency.
- VI, 26. Charm to avert evil.
- VI, 114. Expiatory formula for imperfections in
the sacrifice.
- VI, 115. Expiatory formulas for sins.
- VI, 112. Expiation for the precedence of a younger
brother over an older.
- VI, 113. Expiation for certain heinous crimes.
- VI, 120. Prayer for heaven after remission of sins.
- VI, 27. Charm against pigeons regarded as ominous
birds.
- VI, 29. Charm against ominous pigeons and owls.
- VII, 64. Expiation when one is defiled by a black
bird of omen.
- VI, 46. Exorcism of evil dreams.
- VII, 115. Charm for the removal of evil
characteristics, and the acquisition of auspicious ones.
IX. PRAYERS AND IMPRECATIONS IN THE INTEREST OF THE
BRAHMANS.
- V, 18. Imprecation against the oppressors of
Brahmans.
- V, 19. Imprecation against the oppressors of
Brahmans.
- V, 7. Prayer to appease Arâti, the demon of grudge
and avarice.
- XII, 4. The necessity of giving away sterile cows
to the Brahmans.
- XI, 1. The preparation of the brahmaudana, 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 kuntâpa-hymn.
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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 Rohinî.
- XI, 5. Glorification of the sun, or the primeval
principle, as a Brahman disciple.
- XI, 4. Prâna, life or breath, personified as the
supreme spirit.
- IX, 2. Prayer to Kâma (love), personified as a
primordial power.
- XIX, 53. Prayer to Kâla (time), personified as a
primordial power.
- XIX, 54. Prayer to Kâla (time), personified as a
primordial power.
- XI, 7. Apotheosis of the ukkhishta, the leavings
of the sacrifice.
- IX, 1. Hymn to the honey-lash of the Asvins.
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