Kanda 610 Suktas29 Mantras

Anuvaka 1

Suktas in Anuvaka 1

Sukta 1

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn to Savitar; r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition) | Devata: Doṣā (Night) and Savitar | 3 Mantras

Sukta 2

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Indra-protective usage; r̥ṣi attribution edition-dependent) | Devata: Indra (with Soma as enabling offering) | 3 Mantras

Sukta 3

Rishi: Atharvanic (protective litany; traditional attribution varies) | Devata: Multiple: Indra, Pūṣan, Aditi, Maruts, Apām Napāt, Seven Rivers, Viṣṇu, Dyauḥ | 2 Mantras

Sukta 4

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous/collective in many AV protective verses) | Devata: Ādityas (Aṁśa, Bhaga, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, Aditi) and the Maruts | 3 Mantras

Sukta 5

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous) | Devata: Agni | 3 Mantras

Sukta 6

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/Angiras-type in AV 6); specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt. | Devata: Brahmaṇaspati (Bṛhaspati) as lord of brahman and subduer of hostile intent. | 3 Mantras

Sukta 7

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type (protective formula; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition) | Devata: Devas (collective) as precedent agents; protection (śarma) as the sought boon | 3 Mantras

Sukta 8

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (love-charm corpus; specific r̥ṣi per anukramaṇī varies) | Devata: Kāma (Desire) / the binding power of attraction | 3 Mantras

Sukta 9

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn) | Devata: Saṁvanana/vaśīkaraṇa (the charm’s coercive ‘binding’ power; effectively the addressed person as object of the rite) | 3 Mantras

Sukta 10

Rishi: Atharvanic ritual tradition (formulaic prose-heading + mantra) | Devata: Pṛthivī; Śrotra (personified); Vanaspati; Agni (Adhipati) | 3 Mantras