Deities of Anuvaka 2
- AAgni
Protector-healer and counter-charm agent (burns back hostility; grants āyus)
In 2 hymns
- PPranaPrāṇa
Healer (vital-breath stabilization and fearlessness)
In 1 hymn
- PPrana-ApanaPrāṇa-Apāna (paired vital breaths)
Life-protectors (āyusya; barrier against Mṛtyu)
In 1 hymn
- IIndriyaspersonified faculties/powers
Restorers (re-seating strength, senses, and capacities)
In 1 hymn
- VVayuVāyu
Destroyer of hostility / reverser (turns tapas/tejas against the hater)
In 1 hymn
- DDyava-Prithivi and AntarikshaDyāvā-Pṛthivī and Antarikṣa (cosmic enclosures)
Protective boundary-keepers (kṣetra-guardianship)
In 1 hymn
- RRakshas / BhutasRakṣas / Bhūtas (as targets of expulsion)
Targets (expelled/banished from the house-joints)
In 1 hymn
- BBhratrivya / ShatruBhrātṛvya / Śatru (as targets of wasting/subduing)
Targets (rival wasting, driving away, and subjugation)
In 2 hymns
