ATHAKĀRI-LAKṢAṆA (12)A list of of verses or half verses of the Ṛgveda Saṁhitā containing the word “atha”. The purposeof this text is to remove the confusion between the words “atha” and “adha”.
atha gānaprārambhaḥagnimīle athā te antamānāṁ yukṣvā hi keśināyaṁ te stoma uduttamaṁ varuṇāthā naubhayeṣāmaśvinā madhumattamaṁ vyaśnuhi tarpayā mūrdhā divo'thāte aṅgirastaṁ pra suviśvānrakṣaso vidmā hi tvā purūvasumasi satya ṛṇayāvā yukṣvā hi vājinīvatyagnīṣomā haviṣo
vadhairduśśaṁsān gojitā bāhū tvāmugramavase ya indrāgnī citratamo'śravaṁ hyupa testomānathā yuvāṁ yuvaṁ dadhīco dvāviṁśatiḥ 1agnimīle (1.1.1) Aṣṭaka 1
1.004.03a athā te antamānāṁ vidyāma sumatīnām | (atha | te | antamānām | vidyāma | su-matīnām |)1.010.03a yukṣvā hi keśinā harī vṛṣaṇā kakṣyaprā |1.010.03c athā na indra somapā girām upaśrutiṁ cara ||1.016.07a ayaṁ te stomo agriyo hṛdispṛg astu śaṁtamaḥ |1.016.07c athā somaṁ sutam piba ||1.024.15a ud uttamaṁ varuṇa pāśam asmad avādhamaṁ vi madhyamaṁ śrathāya |1.024.15c athā vayam āditya vrate tavānāgaso aditaye syāma ||1.026.09a athā na ubhayeṣām amṛta martyānām |1.047.03a aśvinā madhumattamam pātaṁ somam ṛtāvṛdhā |1.047.03c athādya dasrā vasu bibhratā rathe dāśvāṁsam upa gacchatam ||1.054.09c vy aśnuhi tarpayā kāmam eṣām athā mano vasudeyāya kṛṣva ||1.059.02a mūrdhā divo nābhir agniḥ pṛthivyā athābhavad aratī rodasyoḥ |1.075.02a athā te aṅgirastamāgne vedhastama priyam |1.076.03a pra su viśvān rakṣaso dhakṣy agne bhavā yajñānām abhiśastipāvā |1.076.03c athā vaha somapatiṁ haribhyām ātithyam asmai cakṛmā sudāvne ||1.081.08c vidmā hi tvā purūvasum upa kāmān sasṛjmahe 'thā no 'vitā bhava ||1.087.04c asi satya ṛṇayāvānedyo 'syā dhiyaḥ prāvitāthā vṛṣā gaṇaḥ ||1.092.15a yukṣvā hi vājinīvaty aśvām̐ adyāruṇām̐ uṣaḥ |1.092.15c athā no viśvā saubhagāny ā vaha ||1.093.07a agnīṣomā haviṣaḥ prasthitasya vītaṁ haryataṁ vṛṣaṇā juṣethām |1.093.07c suśarmāṇā svavasā hi bhūtam athā dhattaṁ yajamānāya śaṁ yoḥ ||1.094.09a vadhair duḥśaṁsām̐ apa dūḍhyo jahi dūre vā ye anti vā ke cid atriṇaḥ |1.094.09c athā yajñāya gṛṇate sugaṁ kṛdhy agne sakhye mā riṣāmā vayaṁ tava ||1.102.06a gojitā bāhū amitakratuḥ simaḥ karman-karmañ chatamūtiḥ khajaṁkaraḥ |1.102.06c akalpa indraḥ pratimānam ojasāthā janā vi hvayante siṣāsavaḥ ||1.102.10c tvām ugram avase saṁ śiśīmasy athā na indra havaneṣu codaya ||1.108.01a ya indrāgnī citratamo ratho vām abhi viśvāni bhuvanāni caṣṭe |1.108.01c tenā yātaṁ sarathaṁ tasthivāṁsāthā somasya pibataṁ sutasya ||*1.108.06c tāṁ satyāṁ śraddhām abhy ā hi yātam athā somasya pibataṁ sutasya ||*1.108.07c ataḥ pari vṛṣaṇāv ā hi yātam athā somasya pibataṁ sutasya || (1.108.7-12c)
1.109.02a aśravaṁ hi bhūridāvattarā vāṁ vijāmātur uta vā ghā syālāt |1.109.02c athā somasya prayatī yuvabhyām indrāgnī stomaṁ janayāmi navyam ||1.114.09a upa te stomān paśupā ivākaraṁ rāsvā pitar marutāṁ sumnam asme |1.114.09c bhadrā hi te sumatir mṛḻayattamāthā vayam ava it te vṛṇīmahe ||1.117.19c athā yuvām id ahvayat puraṁdhir āgacchataṁ sīṁ vṛṣaṇāv avobhiḥ ||1.119.09c yuvaṁ dadhīco mana ā vivāsatho 'thā śiraḥ prati vām aśvyaṁ vadat ||dvāviṁśatiḥ
22 x atha without counting 7 repetitions of the pāda “athā somasya pibataṁ sutasya ||” in 1.108.6-12c. The words inthe repeated pāda are dropped in the original Padapāṭha and are called galita padas.

1pra vaḥ prasujyeṣṭhamadarśi gāturadyā devān pañcapādaṁ pitaraṁ prajāṁ tvaṣṭāthā
mandasvārvāñcamadyoduṣya devo vaiśvānara pṛthupājasa ṛtasya vā keśinā daśa 2
pra vaḥ (1.122.1) Aṣṭaka 2
1.136.01a pra su jyeṣṭhaṁ nicirābhyām bṛhan namo havyam matim bharatā mṛḻayadbhyāṁ svādiṣṭham
mṛḻayadbhyām |1.136.01d tā samrājā ghṛtāsutī yajñe-yajña upastutā |1.136.01f athainoḥ kṣatraṁ na kutaś canādhṛṣe devatvaṁ nū cid ādhṛṣe ||1.136.02a adarśi gātur urave varīyasī panthā ṛtasya sam ayaṁsta raśmibhiś cakṣur bhagasya raśmibhiḥ |1.136.02d dyukṣam mitrasya sādanam aryamṇo varuṇasya ca |1.136.02f athā dadhāte bṛhad ukthyaṁ vaya upastutyam bṛhad vayaḥ ||1.163.13c adyā devāñ juṣṭatamo hi gamyā athā śāste dāśuṣe vāryāṇi ||1.164.12a pañcapādam pitaraṁ dvādaśākṛtiṁ diva āhuḥ pare ardhe purīṣiṇam |1.164.12c atheme anya upare vicakṣaṇaṁ saptacakre ṣaḻara āhur arpitam ||2.003.09c prajāṁ tvaṣṭā vi ṣyatu nābhim asme athā devānām apy etu pāthaḥ ||2.036.03c athā mandasva jujuṣāṇo andhasas tvaṣṭar devebhir janibhiḥ sumadgaṇaḥ ||2.037.05a arvāñcam adya yayyaṁ nṛvāhaṇaṁ rathaṁ yuñjāthām iha vāṁ vimocanam |2.037.05c pṛṅktaṁ havīṁṣi madhunā hi kaṁ gatam athā somam pibataṁ vājinīvasū ||2.038.01a ud u ṣya devaḥ savitā savāya śaśvattamaṁ tadapā vahnir asthāt |2.038.01c nūnaṁ devebhyo vi hi dhāti ratnam athābhajad vītihotraṁ svastau ||3.003.01a vaiśvānarāya pṛthupājase vipo ratnā vidhanta dharuṇeṣu gātave |3.003.01c agnir hi devām̐ amṛto duvasyaty athā dharmāṇi sanatā na dūduṣat ||3.006.06a ṛtasya vā keśinā yogyābhir ghṛtasnuvā rohitā dhuri dhiṣva |3.006.06c athā vaha devān deva viśvān svadhvarā kṛṇuhi jātavedaḥ ||daśa: 10 x atha

praye ('ti) tṛṣṭaṁ sa yantā viprastābhirdevānāṁ yastvaddhotāgne tṛtīye'yaṁ te yoniragacchadu
vipratamastvaṁ sadyo apiba indra oṣadhīrjahi śatrūnedaṁ barhirupapretakuśikā avadyamivamanyamānāthābravītkayā tacchṛṇve ka imaṁ daśabhirmamāthaitavājāḥ kiṁmayaḥ svidekaṁ vi
cakra purukutsānī hi vāṁ viṁśatiḥ 3
pra ye (3.7.1) Aṣṭaka 3
3.009.03a ati tṛṣṭaṁ vavakṣithāthaiva sumanā asi |3.013.03a sa yantā vipra eṣāṁ sa yajñānām athā hi ṣaḥ |3.017.03c tābhir devānām avo yakṣi vidvān athā bhava yajamānāya śaṁ yoḥ ||3.017.05a yas tvad dhotā pūrvo agne yajīyān dvitā ca sattā svadhayā ca śambhuḥ |3.017.05c tasyānu dharma pra yajā cikitvo 'thā no dhā adhvaraṁ devavītau ||3.028.05a agne tṛtīye savane hi kāniṣaḥ puroḻāśaṁ sahasaḥ sūnav āhutam |3.028.05c athā deveṣv adhvaraṁ vipanyayā dhā ratnavantam amṛteṣu jāgṛvim ||3.029.10a ayaṁ te yonir ṛtviyo yato jāto arocathāḥ |3.029.10c taṁ jānann agna ā sīdāthā no vardhayā giraḥ ||3.031.07a agacchad u vipratamaḥ sakhīyann asūdayat sukṛte garbham adriḥ |3.031.07c sasāna maryo yuvabhir makhasyann athābhavad aṅgirāḥ sadyo arcan ||3.032.10a tvaṁ sadyo apibo jāta indra madāya somam parame vyoman |3.032.10c yad dha dyāvāpṛthivī āviveśīr athābhavaḥ pūrvyaḥ kārudhāyāḥ ||3.034.10a indra oṣadhīr asanod ahāni vanaspatīm̐r asanod antarikṣam |3.034.10c bibheda valaṁ nunude vivāco 'thābhavad damitābhikratūnām ||3.047.02c jahi śatrūm̐r apa mṛdho nudasvāthābhayaṁ kṛṇuhi viśvato naḥ ||3.053.03c edam barhir yajamānasya sīdāthā ca bhūd uktham indrāya śastam ||3.053.11a upa preta kuśikāś cetayadhvam aśvaṁ rāye pra muñcatā sudāsaḥ |3.053.11c rājā vṛtraṁ jaṅghanat prāg apāg udag athā yajāte vara ā pṛthivyāḥ ||4.018.05a avadyam iva manyamānā guhākar indram mātā vīryeṇā nyṛṣṭam |4.018.05c athod asthāt svayam atkaṁ vasāna ā rodasī apṛṇāj jāyamānaḥ ||2

4.018.11c athābravīd vṛtram indro haniṣyan sakhe viṣṇo vitaraṁ vi kramasva ||4.020.09a kayā tac chṛṇve śacyā śaciṣṭho yayā kṛṇoti muhu kā cid ṛṣvaḥ |4.020.09c puru dāśuṣe vicayiṣṭho aṁho 'thā dadhāti draviṇaṁ jaritre ||4.024.10a ka imaṁ daśabhir mamendraṁ krīṇāti dhenubhiḥ |4.024.10c yadā vṛtrāṇi jaṅghanad athainam me punar dadat ||4.035.03c athaita vājā amṛtasya panthāṁ gaṇaṁ devānām ṛbhavaḥ suhastāḥ ||4.035.04a kimmayaḥ svic camasa eṣa āsa yaṁ kāvyena caturo vicakra |4.035.04c athā sunudhvaṁ savanam madāya pāta ṛbhavo madhunaḥ somyasya ||4.036.04a ekaṁ vi cakra camasaṁ caturvayaṁ niś carmaṇo gām ariṇīta dhītibhiḥ |4.036.04c athā deveṣv amṛtatvam ānaśa śruṣṭī vājā ṛbhavas tad va ukthyam ||4.042.09a purukutsānī hi vām adāśad dhavyebhir indrāvaruṇā namobhiḥ |4.042.09c athā rājānaṁ trasadasyum asyā vṛtrahaṇaṁ dadathur ardhadevam ||viṁśatiḥ: 20 x athatvāmagne striyo hi dāse nahi te pūrtamakṣipadindra piba tubhyamupabrahmāṇi naḥ pari tṛndhipaṇīnāṁ mākīrneśat ṣaṭ 4tvāmagne (5.9.1) Aṣṭaka 45.030.09a striyo hi dāsa āyudhāni cakre kim mā karann abalā asya senāḥ |5.030.09c antar hy akhyad ubhe asya dhene athopa praid yudhaye dasyum indraḥ ||6.016.18a nahi te pūrtam akṣipad bhuvan nemānāṁ vaso |6.016.18c athā duvo vanavase ||6.040.01a indra piba tubhyaṁ suto madāyāva sya harī vi mucā sakhāyā |6.040.01c uta pra gāya gaṇa ā niṣadyāthā yajñāya gṛṇate vayo dhāḥ ||6.040.04c upa brahmāṇi śṛṇava imā no 'thā te yajñas tanve vayo dhāt ||6.053.05a pari tṛndhi paṇīnām ārayā hṛdayā kave |6.053.05c athem asmabhyaṁ randhaya || (6.53.5-7)
6.054.07a mākir neśan mākīṁ riṣan mākīṁ saṁ śāri kevaṭe |6.054.07c athāriṣṭābhir ā gahi ||ṣaṭ: 6 x atha without counting 2 repetitions in 6.53.6-7

stuṣe narā kratuṁ hyasya yadedadevīrime somāso yaddruhyavyanavi catvāri 5stuṣe narā (6.62.1) Aṣṭaka 5
7.011.04c kratuṁ hy asya vasavo juṣantāthā devā dadhire havyavāham ||7.098.05c yaded adevīr asahiṣṭa māyā athābhavat kevalaḥ somo asya ||8.009.14c ime somāso adhi turvaśe yadāv ime kaṇveṣu vām atha ||8.010.05c yad druhyavy anavi turvaśe yadau huve vām atha mā gatam ||catvāri: 4 x atha

ya indra nahi vāṁ nūnamatha viśveṣāmirajyantamagniṁ na māmathitamapādhamadabhiśastīrmarudbhirindra sakhyamathaitādṛk sanā ca somāṣṭau 6ya indra (8.12.1) Aṣṭaka 6
8.040.02a nahi vāṁ vavrayāmahe 'thendram id yajāmahe śaviṣṭhaṁ nṛṇāṁ naram |8.046.15c nūnam atha ||8.046.16a viśveṣām irajyantaṁ vasūnāṁ sāsahvāṁsaṁ cid asya varpasaḥ |8.046.16c kṛpayato nūnam aty atha ||8.048.06a agniṁ na mā mathitaṁ saṁ didīpaḥ pra cakṣaya kṛṇuhi vasyaso naḥ |8.048.06c athā hi te mada ā soma manye revām̐ iva pra carā puṣṭim accha ||8.089.02a apādhamad abhiśastīr aśastihāthendro dyumny ābhavat |8.096.07c marudbhir indra sakhyaṁ te astv athemā viśvāḥ pṛtanā jayāsi ||8.102.19c athaitādṛg bharāmi te ||3

9.004.01a sanā ca soma jeṣi ca pavamāna mahi śravaḥ |9.004.01c athā no vasyasas kṛdhi || (9.4.1-10)
aṣṭau: 8 x atha without counting 9 repetitions in 9.4.2-10

praṇo'cchā hi somastavemāḥ prajāḥ parihiṣmā puruhūta āhi dyāvāpṛthivyati drava sārameyau
barhiṣadaḥ pitaro'gniṣvāttāḥ pitaro mainamagne śṛtaṁ yadā gacchāti yadā vajraṁ vṛkṣevṛkṣe
dvādaśa 7
pra ṇaḥ (9.44.1) Aṣṭaka 7

9.081.02a acchā hi somaḥ kalaśām̐ asiṣyadad atyo na voḻhā raghuvartanir vṛṣā |9.081.02c athā devānām ubhayasya janmano vidvām̐ aśnoty amuta itaś ca yat ||9.086.28a tavemāḥ prajā divyasya retasas tvaṁ viśvasya bhuvanasya rājasi |9.086.28c athedaṁ viśvam pavamāna te vaśe tvam indo prathamo dhāmadhā asi ||9.087.06a pari hi ṣmā puruhūto janānāṁ viśvāsarad bhojanā pūyamānaḥ |9.087.06c athā bhara śyenabhṛta prayāṁsi rayiṁ tuñjāno abhi vājam arṣa ||10.001.07a ā hi dyāvāpṛthivī agna ubhe sadā putro na mātarā tatantha |10.001.07c pra yāhy acchośato yaviṣṭhāthā vaha sahasyeha devān ||10.014.10a ati drava sārameyau śvānau caturakṣau śabalau sādhunā pathā |10.014.10c athā pitṝn suvidatrām̐ upehi yamena ye sadhamādam madanti ||10.015.04a barhiṣadaḥ pitara ūty arvāg imā vo havyā cakṛmā juṣadhvam |10.015.04c ta ā gatāvasā śaṁtamenāthā naḥ śaṁ yor arapo dadhāta ||10.015.11a agniṣvāttāḥ pitara eha gacchata sadaḥ-sadaḥ sadata supraṇītayaḥ |10.015.11c attā havīṁṣi prayatāni barhiṣy athā rayiṁ sarvavīraṁ dadhātana ||10.016.01a mainam agne vi daho mābhi śoco māsya tvacaṁ cikṣipo mā śarīram |10.016.01c yadā śṛtaṁ kṛṇavo jātavedo 'them enam pra hiṇutāt pitṛbhyaḥ ||10.016.02a śṛtaṁ yadā karasi jātavedo 'them enam pari dattāt pitṛbhyaḥ |10.016.02c yadā gacchāty asunītim etām athā devānāṁ vaśanīr bhavāti ||10.023.03a yadā vajraṁ hiraṇyam id athā rathaṁ harī yam asya vahato vi sūribhiḥ |10.027.22a vṛkṣevṛkṣe niyatā mīmayad gaus tato vayaḥ pra patān pūruṣādaḥ |10.027.22c athedaṁ viśvam bhuvanam bhayāta indrāya sunvad ṛṣaye ca śikṣat ||dvādaśa: 12 x atha

pra hotā kūrmasta āyuraharaharjāyata ā bāhvordve te cakre sumaṅgalīriyaṁ daivī pūrti (rā cagacchād) eha gaman vajreṇa hi yāvayā vṛkyamarvāgdevā athā hi vām (uttarāham) ahamasmi
sahamānā bṛhaspatirnayatviti pañcadaśa | athakāriṇaḥ |pra hotā (10.46.1) Aṣṭaka 8
10.051.07a kurmas ta āyur ajaraṁ yad agne yathā yukto jātavedo na riṣyāḥ |10.051.07c athā vahāsi sumanasyamāno bhāgaṁ devebhyo haviṣaḥ sujāta ||10.052.03c aharahar jāyate māsi-māsy athā devā dadhire havyavāham ||10.052.05c ā bāhvor vajram indrasya dheyām athemā viśvāḥ pṛtanā jayāti ||10.085.16a dve te cakre sūrye brahmāṇa ṛtuthā viduḥ |10.085.16c athaikaṁ cakraṁ yad guhā tad addhātaya id viduḥ ||10.085.33a sumaṅgalīr iyaṁ vadhūr imāṁ sameta paśyata |10.085.33c saubhāgyam asyai dattvāyāthāstaṁ vi paretana ||10.107.03a daivī pūrtir dakṣiṇā devayajyā na kavāribhyo nahi te pṛṇanti |10.107.03c athā naraḥ prayatadakṣiṇāso 'vadyabhiyā bahavaḥ pṛṇanti ||*10.108.03c ā ca gacchān mitram enā dadhāmāthā gavāṁ gopatir no bhavāti ||10.108.08a eha gamann ṛṣayaḥ somaśitā ayāsyo aṅgiraso navagvāḥ |10.108.08c ta etam ūrvaṁ vi bhajanta gonām athaitad vacaḥ paṇayo vamann it ||10.111.06a vajreṇa hi vṛtrahā vṛtram astar adevasya śūśuvānasya māyāḥ |10.111.06c vi dhṛṣṇo atra dhṛṣatā jaghanthāthābhavo maghavan bāhvojāḥ ||10.127.06a yāvayā vṛkyaṁ vṛkaṁ yavaya stenam ūrmye |10.127.06c athā naḥ sutarā bhava ||4

10.129.06c arvāg devā asya visarjanenāthā ko veda yata ābabhūva ||10.143.03c athā hi vāṁ divo narā puna stomo na viśase ||*10.145.03a uttarāham uttara uttared uttarābhyaḥ |*10.145.03c athā sapatnī yā mamādharā sādharābhyaḥ ||10.145.05a aham asmi sahamānātha tvam asi sāsahiḥ |10.182.01a bṛhaspatir nayatu durgahā tiraḥ punar neṣad aghaśaṁsāya manma |10.182.01c kṣipad aśastim apa durmatiṁ hann athā karad yajamānāya śaṁ yoḥ || (10.182.1-3)
pañcadaśa | athakāriṇaḥ |: 15 x atha without counting 2 repetitions in 10.182.2-3
Total number of “atha” in the Padapātha (without galita padas): 97
Total number of “atha” in the Ṛgveda Saṁhitā: 97 + 20 = 117Aṣṭaka
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Total

Number of“atha” inSaṁhitā
29
1020
8417
1217117

Number of“atha” inPadapāṭha
221020
648121597

Other verses of the Ṛgveda Saṁhitā may contain the word “adha”. For example:
1.015.10c adha smā no dadir bhava ||1.038.10a adha svanān marutāṁ viśvam ā sadma pārthivam |10.113.08a viśve devāso adha vṛṣṇyāni te 'vardhayan somavatyā vacasyayā |10.133.05c ava tasya balaṁ tira mahīva dyaur adha tmanā nabhantām anyakeṣāṁ jyākā adhi dhanvasu ||Total number of “adha” in the Ṛgveda Saṁhitā: 193śrīrāmaya namaḥ ||ityathakārilakṣaṇaṁ samāptam

References
The transliterated text of Athakāri-Lakṣaṇa is based on:
http://peterffreund.com/shiksha/athakari_lakshanam.html
http://peterffreund.com/shiksha/athakari_lakshanam.pdf
Ṛgveda-Saṁhitā and Padapāṭha: http://www.detlef108.de/Rigveda.htm
Śikṣās and Vedalakṣaṇa texts:
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https://sites.google.com/view/vedalakshana
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