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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 2.5.2.29
athaināṃ vācayati | akran karma karmakṛta ityakranhi karma karmakṛtaḥ saha vācā mayobhuveti saha hi vācākrandevebhyaḥ karma kṛtveti devebhyo hi karma kṛtvāstam preta sacābhuva ityanyato hyoḍhayā saha bhavanti tasmādāha sacābhuva ityastam preteti jaghanārdho vā eṣa yajñasya yatpatnī tāmetatprācīṃ yajñam prāsīṣadadgṛhā vā astaṃ gṛhāḥ pratiṣṭhā tadgṛheṣvevaināmetatpratiṣṭhāyām pratiṣṭhāpayati
Preview of English translation:
29. He then makes her say the text (Vajasaneyi Samhita III, 47), “The men skilled in the work have done the work,”—those skilled in the work have indeed done the work;—“with pleasing song;”—for with song they have done it. “Having done the work for the gods;”—for the gods indeed they have done the work; 'go home, ye companions!'—they are now together with her while she is led thither from an other place: hence she says, “ye companions” (sacabhu, “being together”). “Go home,” she says, because that wife doubtless is the hind part of the sacrifice, and he has just now made her take her seat to the east of the sacrifice. “Home” doubtless means the house, and the house is a resting-place: hence he thereby makes her rest in that resting-place, the house.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 2.5.2.29
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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