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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 3.1.1.12
yadvāha | yatra devāso ajuṣanta viśva iti tadasya viśvairdevairjuṣṭam bhavatyṛkṣāmābhyāṃ saṃtaranto yajurbhirityṛkṣāmābhyāṃ vai yajurbhiryajñasyodṛcaṃ gacanti yajñasyodṛcaṃ gacānītyevaitadāha rāyaspoṣeṇa samiṣā mademeti bhūmā vai rāyaspoṣaḥ śrīrvai bhūmāśiṣamevaitadāśāste samiṣā mademetīṣam madatīti vai tamāhuryaḥ śriyamaśnute yaḥ paramatāṃ gacati tasmādāha samiṣā mademeti
Preview of English translation:
12. And when he says, “Wherein all the gods delighted,” thereby it becomes acceptable for him to all the gods. Crossing over by means of the ric and saman, and by the yajus;' by means of the ric and saman, and the yajus, indeed, they reach the end of the sacrifice: “May I reach the end of the sacrifice!” he thereby says. “May we rejoice in increase of substance and in sap!” Increase of substance doubtless means abundance, and abundance means prosperity: he. thereby invokes a blessing. “May we rejoice in sap,” he says, because people say of one who enjoys prosperity and attains to the highest distinction, that 'he rejoices in sap;' therefore he says, “May we rejoice in sap!”
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 3.1.1.12
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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