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# Citikanda 21

Citikāṇḍa 21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.21.2) — 1 part

### [21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.21.1)

iti tṛtīyaprapāṭhake ṣaṣṭhaṃ brāhmaṇam || 6-3-6 || ( 5. 1. )  
atha mṛtpiṇḍama̱pādatte | yāvantaṃ nighaye'laṃ manyate makhasya śiro'sīti  
ya̱jño vai ma̱khastasyaitacchi̱ra ' āhavanī̱yo vai ya̱jñasya śira 'āhavanīyamu vā  
'etaṃ cepyunbhavati tasmādāha makhasya̱ śiro'sīti

### [21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.21.2)

ya̱dvevāha makhasya śiro'sīti | jāyata'eṣa 'etadyañcīyate śīrṣato  
vai mukhato jāyamāno jāyate śīrṣato mukhato jāyamāno jāyātā'iti

### [21.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.21.2.p1)

iti śrīsāyaṇācāryaviracite mādhavīye vedārthaprakāśe mādhyandinīyaśatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣye ṣaṣṭhakāṇḍe

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