Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita
by Pranab Jyoti Kalita | 2017 | 62,142 words
This page relates ‘Charm to Remove Unlucky Marks of 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(f). Charm to Remove Unlucky Marks of a Woman
[Full title: 3. Rites Related to Love and Jealousy, (f): Charm to Remove Unlucky Marks of a Woman]
The evil signs of certain marks on the face, hands, feet etc. of a woman have already been discussed earlier. To remove such marks, she was sprinkled after reciting each verse of the hymn, nirlakṣmyam.., etc. (1.18), starting at braid of hair from the right side.[1] Then, an offering of chaff was made and chaff, husks, refuse of grains were placed by the side of her left foot.[2]
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[2]:
Ibid., 42.20-21