Kanda 2010 Suktas54 Mantras

Anuvaka 5

Suktas in Anuvaka 5

Sukta 41

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (Dadhīci/Indra cycle); specific seer per anukramaṇī not provided here. | Devata: Indra | 3 Mantras

Sukta 42

Rishi: As in RV source for AV 20: Indra-hymn tradition (ṛṣi per RV Anukramaṇī; commonly attributed within Indra cycles to Vasiṣṭha/Viśvāmitra line depending on the RV locus). | Devata: Indra (with Heaven-and-Earth as attendant cosmic powers) | 3 Mantras

Sukta 43

Rishi: From RV Indra material preserved in AV 20 (ṛṣi per RV locus). | Devata: Indra | 3 Mantras

Sukta 44

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (borrowed into AV 20); traditional attribution varies by RV source-hymn; treated here as Indra-stuti of the Ṛṣi tradition. | Devata: Indra | 3 Mantras

Sukta 45

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (borrowed into AV 20) | Devata: Indra (probable, by AV 20 Indra-stotra context; exact RV source would fix devatā) | 3 Mantras

Sukta 46

Rishi: Rigvedic source attribution (Indra hymn tradition) | Devata: Indra | 3 Mantras

Sukta 47

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Sūrya/Āditya stanzas in AV 20 (RV-derived); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition. | Devata: Sūrya (Āditya), as revealer and reverser of darkness/evil | 21 Mantras

Sukta 48

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angiras lineage (AV 20 often reuses RV material; attribution follows the borrowed RV hymn’s ascription in many recensions). | Devata: Várchas (Splendour) / the praised subject as bearer of radiance; implicitly Agni/Soma-style consecratory power via speech. | 6 Mantras

Sukta 49

Rishi: As in RV parallel tradition: attributed to a Vedic seer of Indra-stuti cycles (RV 8/1 style); AV20 is largely RV-derived. | Devata: Indra | 7 Mantras

Sukta 50

Rishi: RV-derived Indra hymn tradition | Devata: Indra | 2 Mantras