Śāpa
idea · 2 works · 7 mentions · 16 anchored passages
curse · śāpa · curses · the curse of the sowers · the curse of the young cows
spoken of as
1 expressionCurse“śāpa”6 mentions
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit) · Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
Having spoken thus and cursed all the gods, she cursed the Earth as well:
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
A curse pronounced by a wrathful sage or deity that transforms its target's body or nature, sometimes later resolved.
Hearing their words, Vāyu was filled with extreme fury;
"Agastya, in extreme fury, pronounced a curse on Mārīca saying 'Become a rākṣasa!
"'O great yakṣī who devours men, ugly and disfigured of face — abandoning this form, let a dreadful form be yours!
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Uttered curses from strangers, rivals, or in-laws, which the Yava-plant hymn seeks to deflect and turn back upon the curser.
Let the curses roam far away, held off from here;
he who bears poison like a bull — O Yava, overcome the curses.
May he guard me round from the curse, from untruth, and from wrong;