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 8.1.1.5
tasya prāṇo bhauvāyana iti | prāṇaṃ tasmādrūpādagnerniramimīta vasantaḥ prāṇāyana iti vasantamṛtum prāṇānniramimīta gāyatrī vāsantīti gāyatrīṃ cando vasantādṛtorniramimīta gāyatryai gāyatramiti gāyatryai candaso gāyatraṃ sāma niramimīta gāyatrādupāṃśuriti gāyatrātsāmna upāṃśuṃ grahaṃ niramimītopāṃśostrivṛdityupāṃśorgrahāttrivṛtaṃ stomaṃ niramimīta trivṛto rathantaramiti trivṛta stomādrathantaram pṛṣṭhaṃ niramimīta
Preview of English translation:
5. [The others with], “His, the Existent’s son, the Breath,”—from out of that form, fire, he (Prajapati) fashioned the breath;—“Spring, the son of the breath,”—from out of the breath he fashioned the spring-season;—“The Gayatri, the daughter of the Spring,”—from out of the spring-season he fashioned the Gayatri metre;—“From the Gayatri the Gayatra,”—from out of the Gayatri metre he fashioned the Gayatra hymn-tune;—“From the Gayatra the Upamshu,”—from out of the Gayatra hymn-tune he fashioned the Upamshu-graha;- 'From the Upamshu the Trivrit,'—from out of the Upamshu-graha he fashioned the nine-versed hymn-form;—“From the Trivrit the Rathantara,”—from out of the Trivrit-stoma he fashioned the Rathantara-prishtha.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 8.1.1.5
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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