Atharva Veda Anuvaka 1
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Anuvaka 1

Suktas in Anuvaka 1

Sukta 1

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Aṅgiras lineage for AV 18.1 (funerary corpus); verse-specific ṛṣi not consistently isolated in later lists. | Devata: Sūrya / Jyotis / Devas as upholders of ṛta | 61 Mantras

Sukta 2

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (funerary/āyuṣya complex of AV 18; r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions) | Devata: Āyus (Longevity) / the impersonal life-measure (mātrā) as efficacious principle | 60 Mantras

Sukta 3

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers in the AV funeral book (18); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition. | Devata: Aghnyā (the sacred Cow) / psychopompic auspicious power; implicitly the Gods’ path (devayāna). | 73 Mantras

Sukta 4

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (funerary book; r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions) | Devata: Lokakṛt/Pathikṛt powers (a class of invoked recipients; often treated as divine/ancestral order-establishers) | 89 Mantras

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