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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 4.2.1.29
atha sampreṣyati | praitu hotuścamasaḥ pra brahmaṇaḥ prodgātṝṇām pra yajamānasya prayantu sadasyānāṃ hotrāṇāṃ camasādhvaryava upāvartadhvaṃ śukrasyābhyunnayadhvamiti sampraiṣa evaiṣa paryetya pratiprasthātādhvaryoḥ pātre saṃsravamavanayatyattra evaitadādyam baliṃ hārayati tamadhvaryurhotṛcamase 'vanayati bhakṣāya vaṣaṭkarturhi bhakṣaḥ prāṇo vai vaṣaṭkāraḥ so 'smādetadvaṣaṭkurvataḥ parāṅivābhūtprāṇo vai bhakṣastatprāṇam punarātmandhatte
Preview of English translation:
29. He then gives directions:—“Let the Hotri’s cup advance! let the Brahman”s, the Chanters’, the Sacrificer’s (cups) advance! Ye cup-bearers of the fire-priests, approach and fill up (the cups) with pure Soma!'—this is a composite direction. Having gone round (to behind the high altar) the Pratiprasthatri pours his residue (of Soma) into the Adhvaryu’s (Shukra) vessel; whereby he makes the food pay tribute to the eater. The Adhvaryu pours it into the Hotri’s cup for drinking; because the draught belongs to the utterer of the Vashat; for the Vashat is the breath, and that breath has, as it were, departed from him while uttering the Vashat. Now the draught is breath: thus he puts that breath back into him.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 4.2.1.29
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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