Sattrayana, Sattrāyaṇa: 3 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySattrāyaṇa (सत्त्रायण).—[neuter] a sacrificial session lasting several years.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sattrāyaṇa (सत्त्रायण):—[from sattra > sad] n. a long course of sacrifices, [Brāhmaṇa; Chāndogya-upaniṣad]
2) [v.s. ...] m. ‘moving in the Soma sac°’, Name of Śaunaka, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] of the father of Bṛhad-bhānu, [ib.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Chandogya Upanishad (english Translation) (by Swami Lokeswarananda)
Verse 8.5.2 < [Section 8.5]
Chandogya Upanishad (Shankara Bhashya) (by Ganganatha Jha)
Section 7.5 (fifth khaṇḍa) (four texts) < [Chapter 8 - Eighth Adhyāya]
Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)