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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 8.1.2.2
tasya cakṣurvaiśvavyacasamiti | cakṣustasmādrūpādādityānniramimīta varṣāścākṣuṣya iti varṣā ṛtuṃ cakṣuṣo niramimīta jagatī vārṣīti jagatīṃ cando varṣābhya ṛtorniramimīta jagatyā ṛkṣamamiti jagatyai candasa ṛkṣamaṃ sāma niramimīta'rkṣamācukra ityṛkṣamātsāmnaḥ śukraṃ grahaṃ niramimīta śukrātsaptadaśa iti śukrādgrahātsaptadaśaṃ stomaṃ niramimīta saptadaśādvairūpamiti saptadaśātstomādvairūpam pṛṣṭhaṃ niramimīta
Preview of English translation:
2. “His, the all-embracer’s child, the Eye,”—from out of that (all-embracing) form, the Sun, he fashioned the eye;—“the rains, the offspring of the eye,”—from out of the eye he fashioned the rainy season;—“the Jagati, the daughter of the rains,”—from out of the rainy season he fashioned the Jagati metre;—“from the Jagati the Riksama,”—from out of the Jagati metre he fashioned the Riksama hymn-tune;—“from the Riksama the Shukra,”—from out of the Riksama-saman he fashioned the Shukra-graha;—“from the Shukra the Saptadasha,”—from out of the Shukra cup he fashioned the seventeen-versed hymn-form;—“from the Saptadasha the Vairupa,”—from out of the Saptadasha-stoma he fashioned the Vairupa-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 8.1.2.2
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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