Kanda 610 Suktas38 Mantras

Anuvaka 14

Suktas in Anuvaka 14

Sukta 131

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous | Devata: Smara (Kāma); Gods as enforcers | 3 Mantras

Sukta 132

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in excerpt) | Devata: Smara (Kāma); Varuṇa as authorizing power; Waters as supporting medium | 5 Mantras

Sukta 133

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent) | Devata: The binding god (often generalized; can be aligned with Savitṛ/Prajāpati/Br̥haspati in later identifications) | 5 Mantras

Sukta 134

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt) | Devata: Indra (Śacīpati) / Vajra as personified force | 3 Mantras

Sukta 135

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input; commonly Atharvan/Angiras-type for such sūktas) | Devata: Indra (Śacīpati) as paradigmatic power; bala as operative ‘deity’ of the act | 3 Mantras

Sukta 136

Rishi: Atharvanic (unspecified in input) | Devata: Oṣadhi (the Herb) and Pṛthivī (Earth-goddess) | 3 Mantras

Sukta 137

Rishi: Jamadagni / Vītahavya (named authorities within the verse; hymn attribution varies by anukramaṇī) | Devata: Keśavardhanī (the hair-growing plant as devatā-like agent) | 3 Mantras

Sukta 138

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (abhicāra hymns often have variable attributions) | Devata: Oṣadhi (herb), as coercive power | 5 Mantras

Sukta 139

Rishi: Atharvanic (traditional attribution for kāmya hymns; specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī) | Devata: Kāma (desire) as operative force; the target’s heart/mouth as loci of efficacy | 5 Mantras

Sukta 140

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (household seer not individually specified in many Anukramaṇī notices for such domestic charms) | Devata: Dantau (the two Teeth, personified); secondarily prosperity (ratna) as desired result | 3 Mantras