sorcery
“kṛtyā”
idea · 1 work · 5 mentions · 11 anchored passages
kṛtyā · curse · kṛtyā-sorcery · maker of sorcery · the sorcery
spoken of as
2 expressionskṛtyā“sorcery”2 mentions
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
The sorcery goes back to the maker of sorcery, as a monitor lizard that has found its burrow;
Sorcery and Curses“kṛtyā”1 mention
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
What arose from the earth came into being;
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Ritually fashioned hostile magic (kṛtyā), the central malevolent force that multiple hymns in this window seek to reverse, neutralize, or expel.
May the golden amulet, newborn, drive away the demons.
Burn back the sorcerers, burn back the maker of the sorcery.
"He who has sorcery done to him" — this is the single verse.