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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION :
I. The names of the Atharva-veda and their meanings II. The position of the Atharva-veda in Hindu Literature in general
III. The Atharva-veda in the view of its Ritualistic Literature Prefatory remarks
HYMNS, TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY:
I. Charms to cure diseases and possession by demons of disease (bhaishagyâni).
Book v, 22. Charm against takman (fever) and related diseases
vi, 20. Charm against takman (fever)
i, 25. Charm against takman (fever) vii, 116. Charm against takman (fever) v, 4. Prayer to the kush/ha-plant to destroy takman (fever)
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xix, 39. Prayer to the kush/ha-plant to destroy takman (fever) and other ailments. i, 12. Prayer to lightning, conceived as the cause of fever, headache, and cough i, 22. Charm against jaundice and related diseases
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vi, 14. Charm against the disease balâsa vi, 105. Charm against cough
i, 2. Charm against excessive discharges from the body
ii, 3. Charm against excessive discharges from the body, undertaken with spring
water
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