Atharvaveda 8.9.17
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8.9.17
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.9.17
ṣáḍ āhuḥ śītā́n ṣáḍ u māsá uṣṇā́n r̥túṃ no brū́ta yatamó 'tiriktaḥ |
saptá suparṇā́ḥ kaváyo ní ṣeduḥ saptá chándāṃsy ánu saptá dīkṣā́ḥ ||17||
Six they call the cold, and six the hot months; tell ye us the season, which one [is] in excess (átirikta); seven eagles (suparṇá), poets, sat down; seven meters after seven consecrations.
Translations (2)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English