Essay name: Atharvaveda ancillary literature (Study)
Author:
B. R. Modak
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages
The essay studies the ancillary literature of the Atharva-Veda with special reference to the Parisistas. It does so by understanding the socio-cultural and philosophical aspects of ancient Indian life. The Atharvaveda addresses encompasses all practical aspects of life from health and prosperity to rituals and sorcery.
Chapter 2a - The nature of the Parisistas (of the Atharvaveda)
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Oblations of clarified butter are offered with the hymn
122 gavo...
and a caru of coarse rice, boiled in the milk of
the thousandth cow, is offered into the fire for Indra and
Soma with g盲va eva surabhaya岣�
123 Holy water brought from
five rivers is placed in a pot to the west of the sacred
fire and is consecrated with hiranyavarnah
124 This water
125 and
is used for bathing ten cows (i.e. every hundredth cow) to
the accompaniment of the mantra: sam vo gosthena
then the other cows are hurriedly sprinkled. The king is
126 sprinkled to the accompaniment of imam indra vardhaya ...
with the water used for bathing the thousandth cow. The
body of the king is besmeared with oil as well as with
perfumes and collyrium is applied to his eyes with the six
127 verses beginning with ima apah
The thousandth cow and
the first cow are decorated and all the cows are given water
128 129
suyavasat....
with the mantras: prajavati岣� ... and suyava s膩t
They
130 are given fodder with addhi trnam aghnye
An argha is
131 offered with maya gavo .... The king goes round all the
(122) AV IV.21.1.
(123) Vait. 34.9.
(124) AV I.33.1.
(125) AV III.14.1
(126) AV IV.22.1.
(127) AV IX.3.23-28.
(128) AV IV.21.7.
(129) AV VII.73.11; IX.13.20.
(130) AV VII.73.11掳; IX.13.20
(131) AV III.14.6.
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