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).

vasiṣṭha ṛṣiriti | prāṇo vai vasiṣṭha ṛṣiryadvai nu śreṣṭhastena vasiṣṭho'tho yadvastṛtamo vasati teno eva vasiṣṭhaḥ prajāpatigṛhītayā tvayeti prajāpatisṛṣṭayā tvayetyetatprāṇaṃ gṛhṇāmi prajābhya iti prāṇam purastātprāpādayata nānopadadhāti ye nānākāmāḥ prāṇe tāṃstaddadhāti sakṛtsādayatyekaṃ tatprāṇaṃ karotyatha yannānā sādayetprāṇaṃ ha vicindyātsaiṣā trivṛdiṣṭakā yajuḥ sādanaṃ sūdadohāstattrivṛttrivṛdagniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvattatkṛtvopadadhāti

Preview of English translation:

6. “The Rishi Vasishtha,”—the Rishi Vasishtha, doubtless, is the breath: inasmuch as it is the chief (thing) therefore it is Vasishtha (the most excellent); or inasmuch as it abides (with living beings) as the best abider (vastri), therefore also it is Vasishtha.—“By thee, taken by Prajapati,”—that is, “by thee, created by Prajapati,”—“I take breath for my descendants (and people)!”—therewith he introduced the breath from the front. Separately he lays down (these ten bricks): what separate desires there are in the breath, those he thereby lays into it. Only once he settles them: he thereby makes it one breath; but were he to settle them each separately, he assuredly would cut the' breath asunder. This brick is trivrit (threefold): the formula, the settling, and the sudadohas, that is threefold, and threefold is Agni,—as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, so much he lays down (on the altar) by so dying.

For a detailled translation, including proper diacritics and footnotes, go the full English translation.

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 8.1.1.6

Cover of edition (1882)

The Satapatha Brahmana (In Five Volumes)
by Julius Eggeling (1882)

2551 pages; [Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]

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Cover of edition (2009)

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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Cover of edition (2002)

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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Cover of edition (1993)

Studies in the Satapatha-Brahmana
by Dr. (Mrs.) Santi Banerjee (1993)

236 pages; [Publisher: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar]

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Cover of edition (1982)

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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