{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av01024.htm","path":"hin/av/av01024.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av01024.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1First, before all, the strong-winged Bird was born;; thou wast\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the gall thereof.\n \u00a0\u00a0Conquered in fight, the Asuri took then the shape and form of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0plants.\n 2The Asuri made, first of all, this medicine for leprosy, this\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0banisher of leprosy.\n \u00a0\u00a0She banished leprosy, and gave one general colour to the skin.\n 3One-coloured, is thy mother's name, One-coloured is thy father\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0called:\n \u00a0\u00a0One-colour-maker, Plant! art thou: give thou one colour to this\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0man. p. a23\n 4S\u0101m\u0101 who gives one general hue was formed and fashioned from\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the earth:\n \u00a0\u00a0Further this work efficiently. Restore the colours that were his.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 1: Hymn 24: A charm against leprosy","type":"page"}