Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.34

v2.c4.s4.34

Magundī is the name of some pest occurring in a verse of an Atharvaveda hymn¹ employed to exorcise evil influences. By that verse the ‘daughters of the Magundī’ are to be expelled from the cowstall, the wagon, and the house. It is uncertain whether an animal, insect, or demoness is meant.²