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Atharva Veda 15.2.5: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 5

Sukta 2

श्र॒द्धा पुं॑श्च॒ली मि॒त्रो मा॑ग॒धो वि॒ज्ञानं॒ वासोऽह॑रु॒ष्णीषं॒ रात्री॒ केशा॒ हरि॑तौ प्रव॒र्तौ क॑ल्म॒लिर्म॒णिः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 15.2.5

śraddhā́ puṁścalī́ mitró mā́gadho vijñā́naṁ vā́so 'háruṣṇī́ṣaṁ rā́trī kéśā hárītau pravartáu kalmalír maṇíḥ

Faith, the roving woman; Mitra; the Māgadhan herald; discerning knowledge; the garment; day; the turban; night; the hairs; the two tawny powers, the two impellers—Kalmalí, the amulet.

ศรัทธา—หญิงผู้เร่ร่อน; มิตระ (Mitra); ผู้ประกาศแห่งมาคธะ (Māgadha); ญาณรู้จำแนก; เครื่องนุ่งห่ม; กลางวัน; ผ้าโพกศีรษะ; กลางคืน; เส้นผม; พลังสีเหลืองอมน้ำตาลทั้งสอง ผู้ขับเคลื่อนทั้งสอง—กัลมะลี (Kalmalī), มณิ (maṇi) คือเครื่องราง

श्रद्धाfaith, trust
श्रद्धा:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (नाम-समूहस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) < श्रत् + धा (विश्वास-भावः)
पुंश्चलीa wanton woman; fickle/roving (fem.)
पुंश्चली:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (नाम-समूहस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootपुंश्चली (प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रःMitra; friend
मित्रः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (नाम-समूहस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मागधःa Magadhan; bard/reciter (Magadha)
मागधः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (नाम-समूहस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमागध (प्रातिपदिक)
विज्ञानम्knowledge, discernment
विज्ञानम्:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (नाम-समूहस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवि-ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
वासःgarment, clothing
वासः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (नाम-समूहस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवासस्/वास (प्रातिपदिक)
अहर्day
अहर्:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (नाम-समूहस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
उष्णीषम्turban, head-wrap
उष्णीषम्:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (नाम-समूहस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootउष्णीष (प्रातिपदिक)
रात्रीःnight
रात्रीः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (नाम-समूहस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
केशाःhairs
केशाः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (नाम-समूहस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootकेश (प्रातिपदिक)
हरितौthe two tawny ones (pair)
हरितौ:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (नाम-समूहस्य)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootहरित (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रवर्तौthe two movers/turners; two impulses
प्रवर्तौ:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (नाम-समूहस्य)
TypeNoun (dual)
Rootप्रवर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
कल्मलिःKalmalī (a plant/name); also ‘stain/impurity’ as a notion
कल्मलिः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (नाम-समूहस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootकल्मलि (प्रातिपदिक)
मणिःjewel, amulet
मणिः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (नाम-समूहस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमणि (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Traditionally connected with the Vratya-corpus; seer-attribution varies in ancillary lists (often treated as Atharvanic/Angirasic material).

Devata: Composite/personified powers (Śraddhā, Mitra, temporal dyad) and the Maṇi as efficacious object.

Chandas: Mixed/prose-catalogic (not a strict single meter; characteristic of AV 15 enumerations).

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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