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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filled with clarified butter and is consecrated with the
66 67
mantras: gh峁泃asya jutih..., sahasra艣ngo .. , yamasya
68 lokad... and uru Vi峁o vikramasva
69 The Purohita
touches the pot with the two verses ajyam teja岣� ... etc.
which are given in full. In those verses the clarified
butter is praised as the lustre which removes sin, pleases
gods and removes the evil effects of omens - terrestrial,
70 atmospheric or celestial by mere touch (8.1.1-7).
Thereafter the king gazes at the image of his count-
enance reflected in the pot of clarified butter. His head
and chest are touched with curds to the accompaniment of the
71 two mantras beginning with ucca patantam .... The pot of
clarified butter is taken round the king in the clock-wise
manner (pradaksinam) with the mantra suryasya 'v峁泃am
72 and the ceremony is brought to a close by giving away to the
Purohita a dark cow by way of daksi峁嘺. This ceremony is said
(66) AV XIX.58.1.
(67) AV IV.5.1, XIII.1.12.
(68) AV XIX.56.1.
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(69) AV VII.26.3
(70) Cf. BS 48.53:
啶ぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶苦い啶� 啶︵た啶掂啶 啶� 啶い啷囙ぞ啶椸い啶啷�
啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ 啶むう啶距啷嵿く啶膏啶膏啶ぐ啷嵿ざ啷�啶む 啶啶班ぃ啶距ざ啶啶啶氞啶涏い啷� 啷�
[m膩m膩ntarita峁� divya峁� ca yate啶緂atam|
sarva tad膩jyasa峁僺par艣墨t pra峁嚹伵沘mupagacchatu ||
] It may, incidentally, be pointed out that the
Chrtaveksana has been incorporated by Var盲hamihira in
the Pusyasnana (BS 48.50-53).
(71) AV XIII.2.36-37.
(72) AV X.V.37.
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