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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 8.1.4.4
tadāhuḥ | yatpūrveṣu gaṇeṣvekaikaṃ stomamekaikam pṛṣṭhamupadadhātyatha kasmādatra dvau stomau dve pṛṣṭhe upadadhātītyātmā vā asyaiṣa ātmānaṃ tadaṅgānāṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ variṣṭhaṃ vīryavattamaṃ karoti tasmādayamātmāṅgānāṃ jyeṣṭho variṣṭho vīryavattamaḥ
Preview of English translation:
4. Here now they say, “Whereas in the first (four) sets he lays down a single stoma and a single prishtha each time, why, then, does he lay down here (in the centre) two stomas and two prishthas?” Well, this (central set) is his (Agni's) body: he thus makes the body (trunk) the best, the largest, the most vigorous of limbs; whence that body is the best, the largest, and most vigorous of limbs.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 8.1.4.4
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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