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Anumati

Favour or assent of the gods, twice personified in the Rigveda (10.59.6, 10.167.3). In the royal consecration she receives a cake straight after Nirriti's offering (Shatapatha 5.2.3.4). Later the day before full moon.

Sources: Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer; The Satapatha-Brahmana, tr. Julius Eggeling (Sacred Books of the East 12, 41); Vedic Mythology, A. A. Macdonell (1897) · see Anumati's web

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Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 10.59.6 Primary text (translation)
Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 10.167.3 Primary text (translation)
The Satapatha-Brahmana, tr. Julius Eggeling (Sacred Books of the East 12, 41) § 5.2.3.4 Primary text (translation)
Vedic Mythology, A. A. Macdonell (1897) § s40 Scholarly