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Imprecation of spinsterhood on a woman
Her portion (bhága), splendor have I taken to myself, as from off a tree a garland; like a mountain with great base, let her sit long with the Fathers.
Atharva Veda
Imprecation of spinsterhood on a woman
Imprecation of spinsterhood on a woman
Her portion (bhága), splendor have I taken to myself, as from off a tree a garland; like a mountain with great base, let her sit long with the Fathers.
Let this girl, O king, be shaken down to thee [as] bride, O Yama; be she bound in her mother's house, also in her brother's, also in her father's.
She is thy housekeeper, O king; we commit her to thee; she shall sit long with the Fathers, until the covering in of her head.
With the incantation (bráman) of Asita, of Kaçyapa, and of Gaya, I shut up (api-nah) thy portion (vulva?), as sisters do what is within a box (-kóça).