Tilak, Shrinivas;
Religion and Aging in the Indian Tradition
SUNY Press, Albany, 1989
topics: | religion | india | sociology
hymn from the Atharva Veda 19:67: May we see a hundred autumns May we live a hundred autumns May we waken a hundred autumns May we ascend [grow] a hundred autumns May we prosper a hundred autumns May we be a hundred autumns May we adorn a hundred autumns ... Live O Indra, O Surya Live, Live you, O gods! May I live; May I live my whole life time! 19:71