Development of Hinduism

Author(s): M M Ninan
Publisher: M M Ninan

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1. VEDIC RELIGION
Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895), at sacred-texts.com
A charm against leprosy
1First, before all, the strong-winged Bird was born; thou was the gall thereof. Conquered in fight, the Asuri took then the shape and form of plants. 2The Asuri made, first of all, this medicine for leprosy, this banisher of leprosy. She banished leprosy, and gave one general colour to the skin, 30ne-coloured, is thy mother's name, One-coloured is thy father called: One-colour-maker, Plant! art thou: give thou one colour to this man. 45āmā who gives one general hue was formed and fashioned from the earth: Further this work