________________
642
HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
Stanza 22.
d. Ludwig, 'von svadhâ (opferspeise wol speise.' We with Pet. Lex. (peîa (wovor).
-
Ilâ) und
Stanzas 23-25.
They are frequently cited in the Atharvan ritual as the gandhapravâdâh (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. Sû. 10, 5. The stanzas figure also in the second varkasyagana of the Gaлamâlâ, Ath. Paris. 32, 27 (Kaus. 12, 10, note), and are cited frequently in the Atharva-parisishtas, 4, 1. 3. 4; 6, 2; 17, 2; 22, 3; 44, 1. In st. 23, gandhá and gandharvá() in alliteration.
Stanza 27.
Cf. Vait. Sû. 2, 8.
Stanza 28.
Cf. Kaus. 24, 33; Ath. Paris. 43, 3. Possibly ka is to be added to Påda b.
Stanza 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. Sû. 12, 6, both in connection with purification of the body.
Stanza 33. See Kaus. 24, 33; Vait. Sû. 27, 7.
Stanza 31.
Repeated with variants at Maitr. S. IV, 14, 11 (233, 16). This and the next stanza are members of the svastyayanagana of the Ganamâlâ, Ath. Paris. 32, 11 (Kaus. 25, 36, note).
Stanza 34.
See Kaus. 24, 30. It is curious that this charming verse finds only secondary employment; it does not even figure among the duhsvapnanâsanâni.
Digitized by Google
