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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 7.4.2.16
atha dviyajuṣamupadadhāti | indrāgnī akāmayetāṃ svargaṃ lokamiyāveti tāvetāmiṣṭakāmapaśyatāṃ dviyajuṣamimāmeva tāmupādadhātāṃ tāmupadhāyāsyai pratiṣṭhāyai svargaṃ lokamaitāṃ tathaivaitadyajamāno yaddviyajuṣamupadadhāti yena rūpeṇa yatkarma kṛtvendrāgnī svargaṃ lokamaitāṃ tena rūpeṇa tatkarma kṛtvā svargaṃ lokamayānīti sā yaddviyajurnāma dve hyetāṃ devate apaśyatāṃ yadveva dviyajuṣamupadadhāti yajamāno vai dviyajuḥ
Preview of English translation:
16. He then puts down a Dviyajus (brick). Indra and Agni desired, “May we go to the heavenly world!” They saw that dviyajus brick, even this earth, and laid it down; and having laid it down, they went to the heavenly world from that foundation. In like manner when this Sacrificer lays down a dviyajus (brick), (he does so) thinking, “I want to go to the heavenly world by the same means (rupa), by performing the same rite by which Indra and Agni went to the heavenly world!” And as to its being called 'dviyajus,' it is because two deities saw it. And as to why he lays down a dviyajus one: the dviyajus doubtless is the Sacrificer.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 7.4.2.16
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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