The sources of Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)

1. Anonymous (Vedic) 10 authority · 6 neutral · 1 extended 17 citations · 28 passages

   kanda 2 3 passages anchored here · kanda 4 2 passages anchored here · kanda 10 2 passages anchored here · kanda 17 · kanda 18 11 passages anchored here · kanda 20 9 passages anchored here

   Three successive verses explicitly mark their demon-expulsion formula as a repetition of the formula found at an earlier point in the same text (2.42.1), continuing/extending it with new demon-epithets.

   May Aditi with the Ādityas guard me from the western quarter … [remainder of verse as in 18.

2. Veda Vedic tradition (unspecified) 3 authority 3 citations

   kanda 4 · kanda 16 · kanda 19

   The passage explicitly names 'the Veda' as the authority Kaśyapa's ritual conduct conforms to.

   May the Brāhmaṇas partake of the oblation, even as Kaśyapa does so in accordance with the Veda.

3. Bṛhaspati 2 authority 2 citations

   kanda 12 · kanda 16

   A specific named Sāman-chant associated with Bṛhaspati is invoked by name as the authoritative means to open the womb.

   Open thyself, O [thou who art] of the Bārhastyasāman;

4. Manu 2 authority 2 citations

   kanda 3 · kanda 4

   The passage explicitly credits the rite's institution to Manu as its authoritative source.

   thus was it made by Manu.

5. Viṣṇu 1 authority 1 citation

   kanda 16

   Viṣṇu's law/ordinance (vrata) is explicitly invoked as the authoritative structuring principle for the embryos' placement.

   The seven half-embryos, the seed of the world, stand in Viṣṇu's law in the [four] quarters.

6. Ṛgveda Vedic tradition (anonymous) 1 authority 1 citation

   kanda 5

   The passage explicitly names 'the Ṛg-veda' as one term of its cow-correspondence series, invoking it as a recognized textual authority.

   she bears the Sāman as her embryo.

Each stands at a single passage. The chapter carries the anchors.

kanda 1 11 sources

Atharvan remedies / healing tradition (bheṣaja ātharvaṇa) · Oblation/rite of the Seven Seers · Sacred power (brahman) of Asita, Kaśyapa, and Gaya · Stoma-hymns, meters, and nivid-formulas · Teaching that the brahmins and Viśvakarman know the mind · The myth of Indra's overpowering of the Dasyus · The true ordinance (ṛta) and command of King Varuṇa · the brahman (sacred healing formula) of Kaśyapa · the combined knowledge of Varuṇa, Bṛhaspati, and Indra · the declaration and insight of the seers (ṛṣis) · the precedent of the Dākṣāyaṇas' gold-binding upon Śatānīka

kanda 2 5 sources

Kaśyapa's ritual oblation and counter-amulet formulas · Sāmaveda chant traditions (Gāyatra, Rathantara, Vāmadevya, Yajñāyajñiya, Bṛhat Sāmans) · sacred formulation (formula) of Agastya, and the precedents of Atri, Kaṇva, and Jamadagni · the seasonal ekarcā verse ('with the seasons, with what belongs to the seasons') · the triple-lifespan tradition of Jamadagni and Kaśyapa

kanda 3 7 sources

asura-māyā (the wizardry of the Asuras) · incantations of Bharadvāja · precedent of the ancient seers · the Prajāpati rite for begetting a son · the knowledge of the bull's seven milkings · the twelve observance nights and the vow of the gharma · the world known through the Aṅgirasas

kanda 4 5 sources

Ancient oblation-rite of Uśanā Kāvya · Extraction-spell of Kaśyapa · Jaṅgiḍa-binding formula for Indra · Oblation-tradition of the seven seers · Prajāpati's original binding of the amulet

kanda 5 7 sources

Gāyatrī (Vedic metre) · Sāmaveda (the Sāman) · Varuṇa's ordinance (law of truth) · the brahman-spell (curse formula) made by the gods · the law of the deposited ancestral share entrusted to Vaivasvata · the seers' proclamation of luster in the fields of battle and cultivation · Āṅgirasa's precedent of ritual grasping

kanda 6 5 sources

Bṛhaddiva Ātharvan's declaration of Indra's self-sovereignty · The gods' primordial gift of the Waters to Manu · The secret name Ghṛtācī for Night · The single verse 'Let a lion be before your eyes' · Traditional names given to Earth as destroyer of poison

kanda 7 3 sources

the myth of Indra's victory over Vṛtra and the Dānavas · the verse concerning him upon whom sorcery is wrought · traditional knowledge of the Kuṣṭha plant

kanda 8 4 sources

Atirātra, Ukthya, and Agniṣṭoma (soma sacrifices) · Daśarātra, Dvādaśāha, and Dīrghasattra (sacrificial sessions) · Seer lineages / gotra tradition (Jamadagni, Vasiṣṭha, Bharadvāja, Kaśyapa, Agastya, and others) · The secret name of Āñjana

kanda 9 8 sources

Atharvan and Āṅgirasa tradition · King Varuṇa's saying on the brahmin's cow · the Sun's declaration on the brāhmaṇa as sole husband · the ancient pronouncement of the gods and seven ṛṣis on the brahmin's wife · the divine compact protecting the brāhmaṇa · the first declaration on sin against brahman · the Ṛc, Sāman, and Yajus (the threefold Vedic corpus) · Ṛc, Sāman, Yajus, and Brahman (the Vedic textual corpora)

kanda 11 4 sources

Herbal healing knowledge of the ancient sage lineages · The precedent of the seers who established the birth-membrane gift rite · The precedent of Śunaḥśepa carrying the Indra-heap · Tradition of the jaṅgiḍa amulet established by the ancient seers

kanda 12 4 sources

Iḍā-Sāman · Precedent of the Ātharvaṇas, Kaśyapa, and Agastya · The 'Rivalless' formula (Arāyi) · Yajus

kanda 13 1 source

The intoned sāman

kanda 14 10 sources

Agnihotra · Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra rites · Aśvamedha and Dvādaśāha rites · Golden-Hued Waters hymn (rubric citation) · Pṛṣṭha-hymns · Rathantara and Bṛhat sāmans · Rājasūya (royal consecration rite) · Sarvavedasa rite · Vājapeya rite · Vāmadevya and Naudhasa sāmans

kanda 15 4 sources

Rathantara sāman · The anti-hail charm (knowledge of the bull-eyed Asura's anger) · Vairāja sāman · Vairūpa sāman

kanda 16 17 sources

Atharvan and Āṅgirasa sacred lore · Atharvan-Aṅgiras priestly tradition as source of the amulet's binding power · Brahmavādin catechism on eating the rice-oblation · Bṛhat and Rathantara Sāman · Sāman chants, including the Bṛhat, Rathantara, Vāmadevya, and Yajñāyajñiya · The doctrine of ṛta (cosmic/ritual order) · The doctrine that Virāj is father of Brahman · The example/authority of Atharvan · The remedy of Aghāśva · Vedic metres (Anuṣṭubh, Uṣṇih, Śakvarī) · Yajus (Yajurvedic sacrificial formulas) · the Aindrāgna, Pāvamāna, and Mahānāmnī verses, and the Mahāvrata rite · the ritual injunction of the seers concerning the waters · the Ṛc, Sāman, Yajus, and Purāṇa · verse beginning "Rising today, O great Mitra" · Āṅgirasa tradition/plants · Ṛc verses (Ṛgvedic hymns)

kanda 17 7 sources

Gāyatra and Vāmadevya (Sāmavedic chant-melodies) · Hymns of Bheda · Sāman (Sāmaveda chant) · The teaching lineage of Aṅgiras and Atharvan (Āṅgirasas and Ātharvaṇas) · Yajus (Yajurveda) · Ṛc (Ṛgvedic hymns) · Ṛk, Sāman, Yajus, and Brāhmaṇa (the fourfold Vedic textual corpus)

kanda 18 13 sources

Bārhata hymns (Bārhaté) · Bṛhat (Sāman chant) · Gāthā song · Gāyatrī meter/mantra · Hymns/lineage of the ancient Ṛṣis (Kaṇva, Kakṣīvān, Purumīḍha, Agastya, Śyāvāśva, Sobhari, Viśvāmitra, Jamadagni, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa, Vāmadeva, Bharadvāja, Gotama, Atri) · Itihāsa, Purāṇa, Gāthā, and Nārāśaṃsī (traditional narrative genres) · Nārāśaṃsī chant · Raibhī verse · Stoma (praise-hymns) · The Sāman chants (Bṛhat, Rathantara, Yajñāyajñiya, Vāmadevya, Vairūpa, Vairāja, Śyaita, Naudhasa) · The three Vedas: Ṛc, Sāman, and Yajus (with brahman) · Vedic meters (Bṛhatī, Paṅkti, Kakubh, Uṣṇih) · Yajus (sacrificial formula)

kanda 19 10 sources

Brāhmaṇas · The Veda / sacred Vedic knowledge · The divine eagle's declaration of the remedy · The pippalī plants' self-declaration and the gods' saying about the pippalī · The precedent set by the gods and Asuras in producing the auspicious mark · The union-charm known by Kakṣīvān · teaching on the means of obtaining a son · the ordinances of Varuṇa · verse beginning "the plants over which Soma is king" · verse beginning "this hero"

kanda 20 17 sources

A traditional saying on fire within fire · A verse on being 'joined with radiance', cited by its opening phrase · A verse on creeping/crawling, cited by its opening phrase · A verse on efficacy without the rite, cited by its opening phrase · A verse on the bladder's release, cited by its opening phrase · Indra's declaration on the heel-blade remedy · Sumitrā's love-spell · The Atharvaṇa remedy tradition · The Sasarparī chant · The Utsakta and Puliśa remedies · The hymn of Narāśaṃsa · The instruction of the Gandharva · The love-charm of Kakṣīvān and Cyavana · The one-verse charm 'Agni drives away the demons' · The seventh-day fever charm (verse beginning 'Go to the mountain') · Two verses on flying forth, cited by their opening phrase · Ṛc, Sāman, Yajus (the Veda)