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Satapatha-brahmana [sanskrit]
147,532 words | ISBN-10: 812080113X | ISBN-13: 9788120801134
The Sanskrit text of the Satapatha-brahmana: One of the largest works in the category of Vedic (Brahmaic) literature, narrating in extensive detail the various rites, constructions, chants and utensils to be used in Hindu ceremonies. Alternative titles: Śatapathabrāhmaṇa (शतपथब्राह्मण), Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (शतपथ-ब्राह्मण) Shatapathabrahma (shatapatha).
Verse 1.1.3.12
atha yajñapātrāṇi prokṣati | daivyāya karmaṇo śundhadhvaṃ devayajyāyā iti daivyāya hi karmaṇo śundhati devayajyāyai yadvo'śuddhaḥ parājaghnuridaṃ vastacundhāmīti tadyadevaiṣāmatrāśuddhastakṣā vānyo vāmedhyaḥ kaścitparāhanti tadevaiṣāmetadadbhirmedhyaṃ karoti tasmādāha yadvo'śuddhāḥ parājaghnuridaṃ vastacundhāmīti
Preview of English translation:
12. He then sprinkles the sacrificial vessels, with the text (Vajasaneyi Samhita I, 13 g), “Be ye pure for the divine work, for the sacrifice to the gods!” for it is for the divine work, the sacrifice to the gods, that he consecrates them. “Whatever, that belongs to you, the impure have defiled by touching, that I hereby purify for you!” For whatever belonging to them some impure one—either a carpenter or some other impure person—has on this occasion desecrated by touching, that he thereby renders sacrificially pure for them by means of the water; and therefore he says, “Whatever, that belongs to you, the impure have defiled by touching, that I hereby purify for you!”
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 1.1.3.12
The Satapatha Brahmana (In Five Volumes)
by Julius Eggeling (1882)
2551 pages; [Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]
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The Satapatha Brahmana (3 volumes)
by Dr Jeet Ram Bhatt (2009)
Sanskrit Text with English Translation; 1726 pages; [Publisher: Eastern Book Linkers]; ISBN: 9788178541693
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The Satapatha Brahmana (With The Commentary of Sayanacarya and Harisvamin)
by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (2002)
3483 pages; [शतपथ ब्राह्मणम्] According to the Madhyandina Recension; Commetaries: (1) Vedarthaprakash (Vedartha-prakasha) by Shrimat-Trayibhashyakar Sayanacharya, (2) Sarvavidyanidhana Kavindracharya Saraswati.
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Studies in the Satapatha-Brahmana
by Dr. (Mrs.) Santi Banerjee (1993)
236 pages; [Publisher: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar]
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Cultural Study of the Satapatha Brahman (in Hindi)
by Dr. Urmila Devi Sharma (1982)
106 pages; Shatapatha Brahmana Ek Sanskritik Adhyan; [Publisher: Meharchand Lakshmandas Publications]
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