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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 9.2.3.17
sa upadadhāti | vimāna eṣa divo madhya āsta iti vimāno hyeṣa divo madhya āsta āpaprivānrodasī antarikṣamityudyanvā eṣa imāṃlokānāpūrayati sa viśvācīrabhicaṣṭe ghṛtācīriti srucaścaitadvedīścāhāntarā pūrvamaparaṃ ca ketumityantaremaṃ ca lokamamuṃ cetyetadatho yaccedametarhi cīyate yaccādaḥ pūrvamacīyateti
Preview of English translation:
17. He sets it up (with, Vajasaneyi Samhita XVII, 59, 60), “Measuring he keeps in the middle of the sky,”—for that (sun) indeed keeps measuring in the middle of the sky;—“filling the two worlds and the air,” for even in rising he fills these (three) worlds, “he scans the all-reaching, the butter-reaching,”—he thereby means the offering-ladles and the offering-grounds;—“between the front and back lights,”—that is, between this world and that one; or that (fire-altar) which is here at this moment being built, and that which was there built at first.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 9.2.3.17
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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