Atharvaveda 8.9.5
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8.9.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.9.5
br̥hatī́ pári mā́trāyā mātúr mā́trā́dhi nírmitā |
māyā́ ha jajñe māyā́yā māyā́yā mā́talī pári ||5||
Bṛhatī́ the measure (mā́trā) was fashioned forth out of measure [as] a mother; illusion (māyā́) was born from illusion, Mātalī out of illusion.
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)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English