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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 13.8.1.1
athāsmai kalyāṇaṃ kurvanti athāsmai śmaśānam kurvanti gṛhānvā prajñānam vā yo vai kaśca mriyate sa śavastasmā etadannaṃ karoti tasmācavānnam śavānnam ha vai tacmaśānamityācakṣate parokṣaṃ śmaśā u haiva nāma pitṝṇāmattāraste hāmuṣmiṃloke'kṛtaśmaśānasya sādhukṛtyāmupadambhayanti tebhya etadannaṃ karoti tasmācmaśānnaṃ śmaśānnam ha vai tacmaśānamityācakṣate paro'kṣam
Preview of English translation:
1. They now do what is auspicious for him. They now prepare a burial-place (shmashana) for him, (to serve him) either as a house or as a monument; for when any one dies, he is a corpse (shava), and for that (corpse) food (anna) is thereby prepared, hence 'shavanna,' for, indeed, “shavanna” is what is mystically called 'shmashana.' But 'shmashah' also are called the eaters amongst the Fathers, and they, indeed, destroy in yonder world the good deeds of him who has had no sepulchre prepared for him: it is for them that he prepares that food, whence it is 'shmashanna,' for 'shmashanna' is what is mystically called 'shmashana.'
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 13.8.1.1
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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