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Raka

A bountiful goddess asked to sew her work with a needle that never breaks and to give a son (Rigveda 2.32.4-5; Atharvaveda 7.48). Later the full-moon day.

Sources: Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer; Hymns of the Atharva-Veda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1895); Vedic Mythology, A. A. Macdonell (1897) · see Raka's web

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Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 2.32.4 Primary text (translation)
Hymns of the Atharva-Veda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1895) § 7.48 Primary text (translation)
Vedic Mythology, A. A. Macdonell (1897) § s43 Scholarly