poison
quoted 5 times by 3 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Poison the object
Most often quoted — the words themselves, in quotation. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
4 quoted · 1 reported
5 neutralin the voice of officiant 1 , ritual performer 1 , ritual practitioner 1 , the accused 1 , the officiant 1
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in the voice of ritual performer
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) Anonymous (Vedic) 3 neutral 3 citations · 21 passages
kanda 2 10 passages anchored here · kanda 5 8 passages anchored here · kanda 19 3 passages anchored hereThe performer speaks directly to the poison as a personified addressee, a core direct-speech act of the opening hymns.
Powerless is the poison from the east, powerless what comes from the north;
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in the voice of officiant
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Viṣṇu Smṛti Viṣṇu 1 neutral 1 citation · 2 passages
The passage gives direct second-person speech addressed to Poison as part of the ordeal ritual
Because you are poison, and because you are harsh, you are cruel to all living beings.
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in the voice of the accused
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