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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 7.2.4.26
yā oṣadhīḥ pūrvā jātāḥ | devebhyastriyugam puretyṛtavo vai devāstebhya etāstrim purā jāyante vasantā prāvṛṣi śaradi manai nubabhrūṇāmahamiti somo vai babhruḥ saumyā oṣadhaya oṣadhaḥ puruṣaḥ śataṃ dhāmānīti yadidaṃ śatāyuḥ śatārghaḥ śatavīya etāni hāsya tāni śataṃ dhāmāni sapta ceti ya eveme sapta śīrṣanprāṇāstānetadāha
Preview of English translation:
26. [He sows, with Vajasaneyi Samhita XII, 75 seq.; Rik S. X, 97] “The herbs first grown three ages before the gods,”—the gods doubtless are the seasons, and from them those (herbs) used to grow thrice, in spring, in the rainy season, and in the autumn;—“of the brown ones will I ponder,”—the brown one, doubtless, is Soma, and the herbs are related to Soma, and the Purusha (Prajapati) is related to herbs;—“the hundred powers,”—inasmuch as he here lives a hundred (years), and has a hundred merits, and a hundred energies, there are in him those hundred powers;—“and seven,”—he thereby speaks of those seven vital airs in the head.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 7.2.4.26
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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