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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 8.2.3.5
apasyā upadadhāti | āpo vai vṛṣṭirvṛṣṭimevāsminnetaddadhāti retaḥsicorvelayeme vai retaḥsicāvanayostadvṛṣṭiṃ dadhāti tasmādanayorvarṣati sarvata upadadhāti sarvatastadvṛṣṭiṃ dadhāti tasmātsarvato varṣati sarvataḥ samīcīḥ sarvatastamīcīṃ vṛṣṭiṃ dadhāti tasmātsarvataḥ samyaṅbhūtvā sarvābhyo digbhyo varṣati vāyavyā anūpadadhāti vāyau tadvṛṣṭiṃ dadhāti tasmādyāṃ diśaṃ vāyureti tāṃ diśaṃ vṛṣṭiranveti
Preview of English translation:
5. He put on the Apasyas; for rain is water (ap); it is rain he thereby puts into it (the altar; or into him, Agni). On the range of the Retahsic (he places them), for, the Retahsic being these two (worlds), it is on these two (worlds) that he thereby bestows rain, whence it rains therein. He places them on every side: he thus puts rain everywhere, whence it rains everywhere. [He places them] so as everywhere to run in the same direction: he thereby bestows rain (falling) everywhere in the same direction, whence the rain falls everywhere, and from all quarters, in the same direction. He places them alongside of those referring to the wind: he thereby puts rain into the wind, whence rain follows to whatever quarter the wind goes.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 8.2.3.5
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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