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    Varuṇa

    quoted 16 times by 5 works · as a person

    also in the atlas: Varuṇa the figure

    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.

    9 quoted · 6 reported · 1 carried

    5 authority 10 neutral 1 refuted

    in the voice of Varuṇa 2 , the poet 2 , poet (Vasiṣṭha) 1 , the accused 1 , the hymn 1 , the reciter 1 , the seers 1 , the worshipper 1 , worshipper 1

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    5 works

    1. in the voice of the poet

    2. Rigveda Aufrecht (ed.) 6 neutral 1 refuted 7 citations · 23 passages

      maṇḍala 1 2 · maṇḍala 2 11 · maṇḍala 4 2 · maṇḍala 5 · maṇḍala 7 7

      A direct second-person petition constituting a formal plea for release addressed to Varuṇa.

      O Varuṇa, release from us the uppermost bond, loosen the lowermost and slacken the middle.
      maṇḍala 1

    3. in the voice of the reciter

    4. Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) Anonymous (Vedic) 2 authority 3 neutral 5 citations · 18 passages

      kanda 2 2 · kanda 3 · kanda 5 10 · kanda 18 5

      These paragraphs are directly addressed petitions to Varuṇa for release.

      O knowing king, release the bonds, lest another man's wife become a widow.
      kanda 2

    6. Manusmṛti Manu 2 authority 2 citations

      chapter 9 2

      The text makes a declarative statement establishing Varuṇa's authoritative role, functioning as an invoked-authority speech act.

      As one is seen bound by the fetters of Varuṇa, so should he restrain the sinful;
      chapter 9

    8. Sāmaveda Anonymous (Vedic) 1 authority 1 citation

      prapāṭhaka 4

      Matches the Varuṇa citation: his law is named as the authoritative ordinance upholding heaven and earth.

      Full of ghee, of all worlds the splendor, wide and broad, the two honey-yielding, beautifully formed ones — Heaven and Earth, propped apart by the law of Varuṇa, ageless and rich in seed.
      prapāṭhaka 4

    9. in the voice of the accused

    10. Yājñavalkya Smṛti Yājñavalkya 1 neutral 1 citation

      chapter 2

      The passage quotes the accused's imprecation to Varuṇa directly.

      Having made the accused utter the imprecation, "O Varuṇa, protect me with truth," he should enter the water and hold the thighs of a man standing in navel-deep water.
      chapter 2
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