Kanda 910 Suktas257 Mantras

Anuvaka 1

Suktas in Anuvaka 1

Sukta 1

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (sūkta-level attribution uncertain in this excerpt) | Devata: Agni; also Indra and the collective Devas/Ṛṣis as ratifiers | 24 Mantras

Sukta 2

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for Kāma material) | Devata: Kāma (personified Desire/Compulsion) as rival-slayer | 25 Mantras

Sukta 3

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (directional/śālā consecration series; specific ṛṣi not individually marked for each verse in many listings) | Devata: Dik (Southern Quarter) and the Devas as recipients; the quarter’s 'mahimán' personified | 31 Mantras

Sukta 4

Rishi: Not specified in the provided excerpt (AV 9.4 tradition associates with cattle/prosperity themes) | Devata: Ṛṣabha / bovine prosperity under Bṛhaspati’s sacral authority | 24 Mantras

Sukta 5

Rishi: Atharvanic/Brāhmaṇa-style anonymous (as typical for AV ritual-prose hymnic units) | Devata: Yajña (sacrifice personified) / Virāj as cosmic principle | 38 Mantras

Sukta 6

Rishi: Uncertain from the excerpt alone (requires Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 9.6). | Devata: Ritual bandhu (sacrificial implements/acts as correlates of cosmic entities). | 17 Mantras

Sukta 7

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AV 9.7; requires edition-specific confirmation). | Devata: Dhātṛ and Savitar (functional deities of stabilization and impulsion). | 26 Mantras

Sukta 8

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (healing seer; specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt) | Devata: Roga/Takman complex as personified disease to be expelled (apotropaic address) | 22 Mantras

Sukta 9

Rishi: Traditionally associated with cosmological seers in AV Book 9 (often Atharvanic/Angirasic attribution in ancillary lists). | Devata: Agni; and implicitly Ṛta/Time (kāla/saṃvatsara) as cosmic principle. | 22 Mantras

Sukta 10

Rishi: Traditionally attributed within AV 9 as speculative seers (often Angiras/Atharvanic attribution in anukramaṇī traditions; exact r̥ṣi assignment depends on the AV anukramaṇī). | Devata: Gopā (cosmic guardian; interpreted as Sūrya/Brahman). | 28 Mantras