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 1.1.4.7
atholūkhalaṃ nidadhāti | adrirasi vānaspatyo grāvāsi pṛthubuḍhna iti vā tadyathaivādaḥ somaṃ rājānaṃ grāvabhirabhiṣuṇvantyevamevaitadulūkhalamusalābhyāṃ dṛṣadupalābhyāṃ haviryajñamabhiṣuṇotyadraya iti vai teṣāmekaṃ nāma tasmādāhādrirasīti vānaspatya iti vānaspatyo hyeṣa grāvāsi pṛthubudhna iti grāvā hyeṣa pṛthubudhno hyeṣa prati tvādityāstvagvettviti tatsaṃjñāmevaitatkṛṣṇājināya ca vadati nedanyo'nyaṃ hinasāta iti
Preview of English translation:
7. He puts the mortar (on it), with the text (Vajasaneyi Samhita I, 14 d, e): “A wooden stone (adri) art thou!” or 'A broad-bottomed stone (gravan) art thou!' For, just as there (in the Soma-sacrifice) they press king Soma out with stones (gravan), thus here also he prepares the oblation (haviryajna) by means of the mortar and pestle, and the large and small mill-stones. Now 'stones (adrayah)' is the common name of these, and therefore he says, “a stone art thou.” And 'wooden,' he calls it, because this one (the mortar) really is made of wood. Or, he says, “a broad-bottomed stone (gravan) art thou,” because it is both a stone and broad-bottomed. He adds: “May Aditi’s skin acknowledge (receive) thee!” whereby he establishes a mutual understanding between it (the mortar) and the black antelope skin, thinking: “they will not injure each other.”
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 1.1.4.7
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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