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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 13.1.7.1
prajāpatirakāmayata aśvamedhena yajeyeti so'śrāmyatsa tapo'tapyata tasya śrāntasya taptasya saptadhātmano devatā apākrāmantsā dīkṣābhavatsa etāni vaiśvadevānyapaśyattānyajuhottairvai sa dīkṣāmavārunddha yadvaiśvadevāni juhoti dīkṣāmeva tairyajamāno'varunddhe'nvahaṃ juhotyanvahameva dīkṣāmavarunddhe sapta juhoti sapta vai tā devatā apākrāmaṃstābhirevāsmai dīkṣāmavarunddhe
Preview of English translation:
1. Prajapati desired, “Might I perform a horse-sacrifice?” He toiled and practised fervid devotion. From the body of him, when wearied and heated, the deities departed in a sevenfold way: therefrom the Diksha (initiation) was produced. He perceived those Vaishvadeva (oblations). He offered them, and by means of them he gained the Diksha: and when the Sacrificer offers the Vaishvadeva (oblations) it is the Diksha he thereby gains. Day after day he offers them: day after day he thus gains the Diksha. Seven of them he offers; for seven were those deities that departed (from Prajapati); it is by means of them that he (the priest) gains the Diksha for him.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 13.1.7.1
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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