The Hymns of the Atharvaveda

This is the Ralph T.H. Griffith translation of the Atharvaveda. The Atharvaveda is a Vedic-era collection of spells, prayers, charms, and hymns. There are prayers to protect crops from lightning and drought, charms against venomous serpents, love spells, healing spells, hundreds of verses, some derived from the Rig veda, all very ancient.

This Kindle edition includes a line-by-line numbering system so you can search for any line. The numbers are in square brackets in small type preceding each line. For instance, [1100201] indicates the 11th book, second hymn, line one.--J.B. Hare.