Kanda 1910 Suktas50 Mantras

Anuvaka 6

Suktas in Anuvaka 6

Sukta 51

Rishi: To be confirmed by AVŚ 19.51 anukramaṇī (late book; often anonymous/collective attribution) | Devata: Ātman / vital faculties (prāṇa, apāna, vyāna) as operative powers | 2 Mantras

Sukta 52

Rishi: To be confirmed by AVŚ 19.52 anukramaṇī | Devata: Kāma (personified Desire) | 5 Mantras

Sukta 53

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by ancillary tradition for late-book hymns. | Devata: Kāla (Time) as supreme lord; cosmogonic overlordship over Prajāpati. | 10 Mantras

Sukta 54

Rishi: Late Atharvanic attribution; variable. | Devata: Kāla (with Sūrya/Āpas/Diś as subordinated manifestations). | 5 Mantras

Sukta 55

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic tradition (late AV book 19 compilation; specific ṛṣi not securely fixed in this excerpt) | Devata: Agni Gṛhapati (domestic fire as lord of the house) | 6 Mantras

Sukta 56

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Book 19; duḥsvapna-śānti collection) | Devata: Personified Svapna (Dream) / Duḥsvapna as afflicting agent; with Yama as contextual authority | 6 Mantras

Sukta 57

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for this late book is often generalized; consult Śaunakīya anukramaṇī for precise assignment). | Devata: Duṣvapnya (ill-dream) as the target; implicit protective power of the Atharvanic mantra. | 5 Mantras

Sukta 58

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late AV collections; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī) | Devata: Yajña (Sacrifice) as personified power; also implicitly Prāṇa and Varcas | 6 Mantras

Sukta 59

Rishi: Atharvanic liturgical tradition (not specified in excerpt) | Devata: Agni (as Yajña and Vratapā) | 3 Mantras

Sukta 60

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late book; specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī) | Devata: Ojas/Java/Pratiṣṭhā as functional powers (abstract deities of strength and stability) | 2 Mantras