Atharva Veda Sukta 11
Kanda 6Anuvaka 2Sukta 113 Mantras

Sukta 11

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type domestic fertility lore; specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the supplied excerpt).

Devata: Pumsavana-śakti (generative potency); implicitly Prajāpati as procreative lord across the hymn.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AV domestic verses commonly in anuṣṭubh—requires metrical confirmation against full pada-count).

AV 6.11 ist ein knappes Pumsavana‑Zauberlied (zur Erzeugung eines Sohnes), das zeugende Potenz auf Frauen überträgt und in ihnen festsetzt, um das „Gewinnen eines Sohnes“ zu sichern. Es verknüpft botanische Symbolik (Śamī auf Aśvattha) mit der Satzung Prajāpatis und ruft Mächte von Zustimmung und Fruchtbarkeit (Anumati, Sinīvālī) an, um den Fortpflanzungsausgang auf ein männliches Kind hin umzulenken.

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.11

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Frequently Asked Questions

Its stated aim is pumsavana—installing generative potency so that conception results in a male child, described as the “winning of a son.”

They function as botanical carriers of fertility power: the hymn locates pumsavana efficacy in the image of Śamī ‘mounted upon’ Aśvattha, then ritually transfers that potency into the woman.

Anumati is the power of assent/permission and Sinīvālī is a fertility-and-pregnancy deity; together with Prajāpati they ‘set the rite in order,’ stabilizing conception and directing the desired outcome.

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