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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 7.5.2.11
mukhe prathamam pratyasyati | samyakṣravanti sarito na dhenā ityannaṃ vai dhenāstadidaṃ samyaṅmukhamabhisaṃsravatyantarhṛdā manasā pūyamānā ityantarvai hṛdayena manasā satānnam pūtaṃ ya ṛjustasya ghṛtasya dhārā abhicākaśīmīti yā evaitasminnagnāvāhutīrhoṣyanbhavati tā etadāha hiraṇyayo vetaso madhye agneriti ya evaiṣa hiraṇmayaḥ puruṣastametadāha
Preview of English translation:
11. The first (chip) he thrusts into the mouth, with (Vajasaneyi Samhita XIII, 38; Rik S. IV, 58, 6, 5), “Fitly flow the draughts of milk like rivers,”—draughts of milk are food, and that indeed flows fitly into this mouth;—“purified within by the heart, by the mind,”—for the food is indeed purified by the heart and mind within him who is righteous;—“the streams of ghee I behold,” he thereby means the libations he is about to offer on that fire;—“the golden reed (is) in the middle of Agni,” he thereby means that gold man.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 7.5.2.11
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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