Atharva Veda Sukta 11
Kanda 6Anuvaka 2Sukta 113 Mantras

Sukta 11

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type domestic fertility lore; specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the supplied excerpt).

Devata: Pumsavana-śakti (generative potency); implicitly Prajāpati as procreative lord across the hymn.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AV domestic verses commonly in anuṣṭubh—requires metrical confirmation against full pada-count).

Ang AV 6.11 ay isang siksik na pumsavana (panlalaking-anak) na anting-anting na naglilipat at nagtatalaga ng kabuluhang pumupuno sa mga babae upang matiyak ang "pagkakamit ng isang anak na lalaki." Ito ay nag-uugnay ng simbolismong botanikal (Śamī sa Aśvattha) kasama ang utos ni Prajāpati, at naninikluhod sa mga kapangyarihan ng pahintulot-at-kasiglahan (Anumati, Sinīvālī) upang ituro ang mga resulta ng pagpaparami patungo sa isang anak na lalaki.

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.11

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Frequently Asked Questions

Its stated aim is pumsavana—installing generative potency so that conception results in a male child, described as the “winning of a son.”

They function as botanical carriers of fertility power: the hymn locates pumsavana efficacy in the image of Śamī ‘mounted upon’ Aśvattha, then ritually transfers that potency into the woman.

Anumati is the power of assent/permission and Sinīvālī is a fertility-and-pregnancy deity; together with Prajāpati they ‘set the rite in order,’ stabilizing conception and directing the desired outcome.

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