Riddle No. 6 The Contents of the Vedas: Have they any moral or spiritual value? - Page 56

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i, 12. Prayer to lightening, conceived as the cause of fever, headache, and cough. i, 22. Charm against jaundice and related diseases. vi, 14. Charm against the disease halasa. vi, 105. Charm against cough. i, 2. Charm against excessive discharges from the body. ii, 3. Charm against excessive discharges from the body, undertaken with spring-water. vi, 44. Charm against excessive discharges from the body. i, 3. Charm against constipation and retention of urine. vi, 90. Charm against internal pain (colic) due to the missiles of Rudra. i, 10. Charm against dropsy. vii, 83. Charm against dropsy. vi, 24. Dropsy, heart-disease, and kindred maladies cured by flowing water. vi, 80. An oblation to the sun, conceived as one of the two. ii, 8. Charm against kshetriya, hereditary disease. ii, 10. Charm against kshetriya, hereditary disease. iii, 7. Charm against kshetriya, hereditary disease. i, 23. Leprosy cured by a dark plant. i, 24. Leprosy cured by a dark plant. vi, 83. Charm for curing scrofulous sores called apakit. vii, 76. A. Charm for curing scrofulous sores called apakit. B. Charm for curing tumours called gayana. C. Stanza sung at the mid-day pressure of Soma. vii, 74. A. Charm for curing scrofulous sores called apakit. B. Charm to appease jealousy. C. Prayer to Agni, the lord of vows. vi, 25. Charm against scrofulous sores upon neck and shoulders. vi, 57. Urine (galasha) as a cure for scrofulous. iv, 12. Charm with the plant arundhati (laksha) for the cure of fractures. v, 5. Charm with the plant silaki (laksha) arundhati for the cure of wounds. vi, 109. The pepper-corn as a cure for wounds. i, 17. Charm to stop the flow of blood. ii, 31. Charm against worms. ii, 32. Charm against worms in cattle. v, 23. Charm against worms in children. iv, 6. Charm against poison. iv, 7. Charm against poison.