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The Hymns of the Atharvaveda

Book XVIII

tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith

[1895-6]


Hymn 1: An accompaniment to funeral ceremonies and sacrificial offerings to ancestral spirits
Hymn 2: A funeral hymn, taken mainly from the Rigveda
Hymn 3: A funeral hymn, taken partly from the Rigveda
Hymn 4: A funeral hymn, composed partly of verses from the Rigveda