Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita
by Pranab Jyoti Kalita | 2017 | 62,142 words
This page relates ‘Charm to Secure Good Fortune to a Woman’ of the study on women in the Vedic society reflecting the Atharva-veda Samhita in English. These pages discusses the social aspects of women, education, customs of marriage, practices of polyandry and polygamy, descriptions of female deities and various rites and rituals. It is shown how women earned much praise in ancient Indian society. Included are Sanskrit text and references of the Atharvaveda and commentary by Sayana-Acharya.
3(e). Charm to Secure Good Fortune to a Woman
[Full title: 3. Rites Related to Love and Jealousy, (e): Charm to Secure Good Fortune to a Woman]
The Atharvavedic hymns, bhagena mā…, etc. (6.129.1), nyastikā…, etc. (6.139), and idaṃkhanāmi…, etc. (7.38), are applied by Kauśika in the rite, called Saubhāgyakaraṇa, i.e. securing good fortune to a woman.[1] In this rite, the root of the herb Śaṅkhapuṣpī was dug and fastened to the person whose fortune was to bring about.[2]
The flowers of the herb Sauvarcala, after having been consecrated with the same hymns, were also fastened to the head of the same person.[3]
Footnotes and references:
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Ibid.