Atharva-Veda Samhita/Book V

Book V.

⌊The fifth book is made up of thirty-one hymns, divided into six anuvāka-groups, with five hymns in each group save the fourth, which has six hymns. The Old Anukramaṇī appears to take 60 verses as the norm of an anuvāka. The number of verses in each hymn ranges from 8 to 18. The Major Anukramaṇī assumes 8 verses as the normal length of a hymn of this book (see p. 142); but there are only two such hymns ("hymns" 9 and 10, both prose!). In fact,

There are in this book,	2	4	2	6	5	3	3	3	2	1	hymns,
Containing respectively	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	17	18	verses.

The entire book has been translated by Weber, Indische Studien, vol. xviii. (1898), pages 154-288. This is the first book to which the native commentary is missing.⌋

Hymn- number		Page
V. Book the fifth
1	Mystic	220
2	Mystic	223
3	To various gods : for protection and blessings	224
4	To the plant kúṣṭha: against tahmán ⌊fever⌋	227
5	To a healing plant, lāhṣā	228
6	? ⌊Disconnected verses⌋	230
7	Against niggardliness and its effects	232
8	Against enemies: to Indra and other gods	233
9	For protection: to various gods	235
10	For defense from all quarters	236
11	⌊Dialogue between⌋ Varuṇa and Atharvan	236
12	Āprī-hymn: to various divinities	239
13	Against snakes' poison	242
14	Against witchcraft: with a plant	244
15	For exorcism: to a plant	246
16	Exorcism	247
17	The Brahman's wife	247
18	The Brahman's cow	250
19	The Brahman's cow	252
20	To the war-drum	254
21	To the war-drum	257
22	Against fever (takmán)	259
23	Against worms	261
24	To various gods as overlords	263
25	For successful conception	265
26	Accompanying a sacrifice	267
27	Āprī-hymn: to various divinities	269
28	With an amulet of three metals: for safety etc	272
29	To Agni: against demons	274
30	To lengthen out some one's life	276
31	Against witchcraft	278