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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 8.1.1.8
tasya mano vaiśvakarmaṇamiti | manastasmādrūpādvāyorniramimīta grīṣmo mānasa iti grīṣmamṛtum manaso niramimīta triṣṭubgraiṣmīti triṣṭubhaṃ cando grīṣmādṛtorniramimīta triṣṭubhaḥ svāramiti triṣṭubhaścandasaḥ svāraṃ sāma niramimīta svārādantaryāma iti svārātsāmno'ntaryāmaṃ grahaṃ niramimītāntaryāmātpañcadaśa ityantaryāmādgrahātpañcadaśaṃ stomaṃ niramimīta pañcadaśādbṛhaditi pañcadaśātstomādbṛhatpṛṣṭhaṃ niramimīta
Preview of English translation:
8. “His, the all-worker’s child, the Mind,”—from out of that (all-working) form, the wind, he fashioned the mind;—“the summer, the son of the mind,”—from out of the mind he fashioned the summer season;—“the Trishtubh, the daughter of Summer,”—from out of the summer season he fashioned the Trishtubh metre;—“from the Trishtubh the Svara tune,”—from out of the Trishtubh metre he created the Svara hymn-tune;—“from the Svara the Antaryama,”—from out of the Svara-saman he fashioned the Antaryama-graha;—“from the Antaryama the Pancadasha,”—from out of the Antaryama-cup he fashioned the fifteen-versed hymn-form;—“from the Pancadasha the Brihat,”—from out of the Pancadasha-stoma he fashioned the Brihat-prishtha.
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 8.1.1.8
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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