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 8.4.4.12
saiṣā brahmacitiḥ | yadbrahmopādadhata tasmādbrahmacitiḥ sā prajāpaticitiryatprajāpatimupādadhata tasmātprajāpaticitiḥ sa 'rṣicitiryadṛṣīnupādadhata tasmādṛṣicitiḥ sā vāyucitiryadvāyumupādadhata tasmādvāyucitiḥ sā stomacitiryatstomānupādadhata tasmātstomacitiḥ sā prāṇacitiryatprāṇānupādadhata tasmātprāṇacitirato yatamadeva katamacca vidyāttena haivāsyaiṣārṣeyavatī bandhumatī citirbhavatyatha lokampṛṇe upadadhātyasyāṃ sraktyāṃ tayorupari bandhuḥ purīṣaṃ nivapati tasyopari bandhuḥ
Preview of English translation:
12. This, indeed, is Brahman’s layer: inasmuch as they (the gods) laid down the Brahman, therefore it is Brahman’s layer. It is Prajapati’s layer: inasmuch as they laid down Prajapati, it is Prajapati’s layer. It is the Rishis’ layer: inasmuch as they laid down the Rishis, it is the Rishis’ layer. It is Vayu’s layer: inasmuch as they laid down Vayu, it is Vayu’s layer. It is the Stomas’ layer: inasmuch as they laid down the hymn-forms, it is the Stomas’ layer. It is the layer of the vital airs: inasmuch as they laid down the vital airs, it is the layer of the vital airs. Hence, whatsoever one may know, that comes to be included in the ancestry, in the kinship of this layer.—He then lays down two Lokamprinas (space-filling bricks) in that corner: the significance of these (will be explained) farther on. He throws loose soil thereon: the significance of this (will be explained) farther on.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 8.4.4.12
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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