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 8.1.3.5
tadāhuḥ | yadyathā pituḥ putramevaṃ trīṇi prathamānyāhātha kasmādṛkṣāmayoḥ saṃkrāmatīti sāma vā ṛcaḥ patistadyattatrāpi yathā pituḥ putramevam brūyādyathā patiṃ santam putram brūyāttādṛktattasmādṛkṣāmayoḥ saṃkrāmati kasmādu triḥ saṃtanotīti pitaram putram pautraṃ tāṃstatsaṃtanoti tasmādu tebhya eka eva dadāti
Preview of English translation:
5. As to this they say, “When he speaks first of three in the same way as of a father’s son, how, then, does this correspond as regards the rile and saman?” The saman, doubtless, is the husband of the Ric; and hence were he also in their case to speak as of a father’s son, it would be as if he spoke of him who is the husband, as of the son: therefore it corresponds as regards the ric and saman. “And why does he thrice carry on (the generation from father to son)?”—father, son, and grandson: it is these he thereby carries on; and therefore one and the same (man) offers (food) to them.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 8.1.3.5
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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