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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 13.5.1.15
saptadaśaiva paśūnmadhyame yūpa ālabhet prajāpatiḥ saptadaśaḥ sarvaṃ saptadaśaḥ sarvamaśvamedhaḥ sarvasyāptai sarvasyāvarudhyai ṣoḍaśa ṣoḍaśetareṣu ṣoḍaśkalam vā idaṃ sarvaṃ sarvamaśvamedhaḥ sarvasyāptai sarvasyāvarudhyai trayodaśa trayodaśāraṇyānākāśeṣvālabhate trayodaśa māsāḥ samvatsaraḥ sarvaṃ samvatsaraḥ sarvamaśvamedhaḥ sarvasyāptai sarvasyāvarudhyai
Preview of English translation:
15. Let him seize seventeen victims for the central stake, in order that he may gain and secure every-thing, for the seventeenfold is Prajapati, and the seventeenfold (stoma) is everything, and the Ashvamedha is everything;—and sixteen at each of the other (stakes) in order that he may gain and secure everything, for everything here consists of sixteen parts, and the Ashvamedha is everything. Thirteen wild (beasts) he seizes for each intermediate space, in order that he may gain and secure everything, for the year consists of thirteen months, and the Ashvamedha is everything.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 13.5.1.15
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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