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HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
Stanza 22. d. Ludwig, von svadha (opferspeise wol = Iza) und speise.' We with Pet. Lex. (þeia Cáovou).
Stanzas 23-25. They are frequently cited in the Atharvan ritual as the gandhapravâdân (sc. rikah), stanzas that mention gandha (fragrance).' At Kaus. 13, 12 a king desirous of lustre is anointed with fragrant substances, the act being accompanied by the recital of these stanzas. Similarly Kaus. 54, 5 (cf. also 24, 24, note); Vait. SQ. 10, 5. The stanzas figure also in the second varkasyagana of the Ganamâlâ, Ath. Paris. 32, 27 (Kaus. 12, 10, note), and are cited frequently in the Atharva-parisish tas, 4, 1. 3. 4; 6, 2; 17, 2 ; 22, 3; 44, 1. In st. 23, gandhá and gandharvá(1) in alliteration.
Stansa 27. Cf. Vait. Sa. 2, 8.
Stanza 28. Cf. Kaus. 24, 33 ; Ath. Paris. 43, 3. Possibly ka is to be added to Påda b.
Stansa 29. Cf. Kaus. 3, 8; 24, 28; 90, 15; 137,40; Ath. Paris. 39, 16.
Stanza 30. See Kaus. 58, 7 (cf. 24, 24, note), and Vait. SQ. 12, 6, both in connection with purification of the body.
Stansa 31. Repeated with variants at Maitr. S. IV, 14, 11 (23.1, 16). This and the next stanza are members of the svastyayanagana of the Ganamålå, Ath. Paris. 32, 11 (Kaus. 25, 36, note).
Stanga 33. See Kaus. 24, 33; Vait. Sû. 27, 7.
Stansa 34. See Kaus. 24, 30. It is curious that this charming verse finds only secondary employment; it does not even figure among the duhsvapnanâsanani.
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