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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 7.5.1.9
athainamejayati | trīntsamudrāntsamasṛpatsvargānitīme vai trayaḥ samudrāḥ svargā lokāstāneṣa kūrmo bhūtvānusaṃsasarpāpām patirvṛṣabha iṣṭakānāmityapāṃ hyeṣa patirvṛṣabha iṣṭakānām purīṣaṃ vasānaḥ sukṛtasya loka iti paśavo vai purīṣam paśūnvasānaḥ sukṛtasya loka ityetattatra gaca yatra pūrve paretā iti tatra gaca yatraitena pūrve karmaṇeyurityetat
Preview of English translation:
9. He then makes it move, with, “Over the heaven-reaching three oceans he crept,” the three heaven-reaching oceans doubtless are these worlds, and over them he crept in the shape of a tortoise;—“the lord of waters, the bull of the bricks,” for he (the tortoise) indeed is the lord of waters, and the bull of the bricks;—“induing the covering of him, the well-made, in the world,” the covering (purisha) means the cattle: thus, entering the (form of the) cattle of the well-made (Agni) in the world;—“go thither whither the former have passed away!” that is, go thither whither by this performance former (tortoises) went.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 7.5.1.9
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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