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 8.1.2.8
tasyai vāṅnātyeti | vācaṃ tasmādrūpāccandramaso niramimīta hemanto vācya iti hemantamṛtuṃ vāco niramimīta paṅktirhaimantīti paṅktiṃ cando hemantādṛtorniramimīta paṅktyai nidhanavaditi paṅktyai candaso nidhanavatsāma niramimīta nidhanavata āgrayaṇa iti nidhanavataḥ sāmna āgrayaṇaṃ grahaṃ niramimītāgrayaṇāttriṇavatrayastriṃśāvityāgrayaṇādgrahāttriṇavatrayastriṃśau stomau niramimīta triṇavatrayastriṃśābhyāṃ śākvararaivate iti triṇavatrayastriṃśābhyāṃ stomābhyāṃ śākvararaivate pṛṣṭhe niramimīta
Preview of English translation:
8. “Its, the mind”s, daughter, Speech,'—from out of that form, the moon, he fashioned speech;—“Winter, the son of Speech,”—from out of speech he fashioned the winter season;—“Paṅkti, the daughter of Winter,”—from out of the winter season he fashioned the Paṅkti metre;—“from the Paṅkti the Nidhanavat,”—from out of the Paṅkti metre he fashioned the Nidhanavat-saman;—“from the Nidhanavat the Agrayana,”—from out of the Nidhanavat-saman he fashioned the Agrayana cup;—“from the Agrayana the Trinava and Trayastrimsha,”—from out of the Agrayana-graha he fashioned the thrice-nine-versed and the three-and-thirty-versed hymn-forms;- 'from the Trinava and Trayastrimsha the Shakvara and Raivata,'—from out of the Trinava and Trayastrimsha-stomas he fashioned the Shakvara and Raivata-prishthas.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 8.1.2.8
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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