Amulet
object · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
a beautiful protective amulet · all-encompassing amulet · amulets · maṇi · taʻwīdhah · التعاويذ · تعويذة
spoken of as
1 expressionthe amulet“rakṣā”1 mention
Vīramitrodaya (Sanskrit)
> Then, at the time of the afternoon, a beautiful protective amulet, / > one should have made with auspicious, unbroken rice, white mustard seeds, and adorned with gold.
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
A protective amulet by which several deities are said to have encompassed themselves, worn to subdue rivals.
With the all-encompassing amulet by which Indra has encompassed himself — with that, O Bṛhaspati, make this one revolve toward the kingdom.
all beings have encompassed you, so that you are the all-encompassing one.
Encompassed are the rivals, encompassed are those who are hostile to us;
Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ
A charm made from a portion of the totem animal and worn on the neck or arm as the visible token of a person's totemic affiliation.
they imitate it in its shape and its outward appearance, and wear its skin or a portion of its skin, or take some part of it and hang it upon their necks or their arms after the fashion of amulets among other nations, so that no individual is without an amulet that marks his connection with his totem.
Vīramitrodaya
A protective cord/amulet made with rice, white mustard seed, and gold, central to the Rakṣābandhana rite on Śrāvaṇa Paurṇamāsī.
> Then, at the time of the afternoon, a beautiful protective amulet, / > one should have made with auspicious, unbroken rice, white mustard seeds, and adorned with gold.