Atharva Veda Sukta 116
Kanda 7Anuvaka 12Sukta 1162 Mantras

Sukta 116

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn ascribed in the Anukramaṇī to Atharvan/Angiras-type seers; requires edition-specific confirmation).

Devata: Jvara (Fever) personified; śīta-jvara as a specific form.

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires metrical verification against full pada-count in critical text).

Este breve hino de cura dirige-se a Jvara (a Febre) como uma força personificada e busca a sua pacificação, com atenção especial a śīta-jvara (febre fria/com calafrios) e às formas intermitentes. Ele combina a apaziguação reverente (namo) com uma estratégia atharvânica clássica de expulsão/transferência, ordenando que a febre recorrente parta e se instale num substituto (o sapo). Assim, o poder do hino é duplo: acalmar a febre ao honrar os seus nomes e removê-la ao redirecionar o seu curso para longe do paciente.

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 7.116

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Frequently Asked Questions

It is a healing (bhaiṣajya) hymn meant to pacify and remove fever, especially cold-fever (śīta-jvara) and fevers that recur on set days.

The frog functions as a substitute recipient in a transference rite: the mantra instructs the recurring fever to leave the patient and ‘go upon’ the frog instead, symbolically carrying the illness away.

Both: it begins with respectful homage to fever’s named forms (appeasement) and then turns to a direct directive that the fever depart and relocate, expressing Atharvanic healing authority.

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