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 10.5.4.8
tasyai vā etasyai ṣaṭtriṃśadakṣarāyai bṛhatyai yāni daśa prathamānyakṣarāṇi sā daśākṣaraikapadātha yāni viṃśatiḥ sā viṃśatyakṣarā dvipadātha yāni triṃśatsā triṃśadakṣarā virāḍatha yāni trayastriṃśatsā trayastriṃśadakṣarātha yāni catustriṃśatsā catustriṃśadakṣarā svarāḍatha yatsarvaiścandobhirayamagniścitastadaticandāstā u sarvā iṣṭakā eveṣṭaketi trīṇyakṣarāṇi tripadā gāyatrī tenaiṣa gāyatro'gnirmṛdāpa iti trīṇyakṣarāṇi tripadā gāyatrī teno evaiṣa gāyatro'tha yadantarā candasī tatsūdadohā atha yaccandaḥsvannaṃ tatpurīṣaṃ tā āhutayastāḥ samidho'tha yaccandāṃsītyākhyāyate tallokampṛṇā tadvā etatsarvaṃ candāṃsītyevākhyāyate tatsarvo'gnirlo
Preview of English translation:
8. Now the first ten syllables of this Brihati, consisting of thirty-six syllables, make an Ekapada of ten syllables; and the (first) twenty make a Dvipada of twenty syllables; and the (first) thirty a Viraj of thirty syllables; and the (first) thirty-three a (Viraj) of thirty-three syllables; and the (first) thirty-four a Svaraj of thirty-four syllables; and in that this fire-altar is built with all metres thereby it is an Atichandas, and (so) indeed are all these bricks. And the three syllables 'ishtaka (brick)' are a Gayatri tripada, whence this Agni is Gayatra; and the three syllables 'mrid' (clay) and 'apah' (water) also are a Gayatri tripada: thereby also he is Gayatra. And what is between (each two) metres is the Sudadohas; and the food which is in the metres is the earth-fillings, the oblations, and the fire-logs; and what is called 'metres,' that is the space-filling (brick):—thus this comes to make up the whole Agni; and the whole Agni comes to be the space-filler; and, verily, whosoever knows this, comes to be that whole (Agni) who is the space-filler.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 10.5.4.8
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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