Sadānvāḥ
“she-demons”
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The Sadānvāḥ, a numerous class of malevolent she-demons individually named and repeatedly cursed, exorcised, and destroyed across a long hymn sequence for threatening the sick, sleeping, children, and food.
O Indra, shatter the bhaṇvā-demons!
You bhaṇva-sadānvā demons subdue whose brew?
Indra will shatter together all your embryos and eggs at once.