Mantra 8

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कुम्भीकाः दूषीकाः पीयकान्

IAST Transliteration

kumbhīkā́ḥ dūṣīkā́ḥ pī́yakān

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Kumbhīkās, the Defilers, the Pīyakas—(these) I name and mark out.

Word by Word

• कुम्भीकाः: (female) water-jars / pot-women (a class/name)
• कुम्भीकाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भी (प्रातिपदिक)

• दूषीकाः: defilers; corrupters (female beings/persons)
• दूषीकाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूषिका (प्रातिपदिक; from √दूष् ‘to defile’)

• पीयकान्: Pīyakas (a class/name; objects targeted)
• पीयकान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीयक (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for this section is not uniform across modern listings).

Devata: Rakṣas/kr̥tyā-demons (as objects of expulsion); implicitly Agni as purifier in the surrounding context.

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (late Atharvanic style; not securely determinable from the fragment).

Mantra Rasa

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