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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.251

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.251

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.251)

tadevātropasaṃdadhāti  
saptadaśāni prṣṭhāni  
dvādaśa māsāḥ pañcartavaḥ  
tadeva tenāpnoti  
daśa hastyā aṅgulayaḥ sapta śīrṣanprāṇāḥ  
tatsaptadaśam  
tadevātropasaṃdadhāti  
saptadaśārbhavaḥ  
dvādaśa māsāḥ pañcartavaḥ  
tadeva tenābhipūrvamāpnoti  
daśa padyā aṅgulayaścatvāryūrvaṣṭhīvāni trayo'vācaḥ prāṇāḥ  
tatsaptadaśam  
tadevātropasaṃdadhāti  
ekaviṃśamagniṣṭomasāma  
dvādaśa māsāḥ pañcartavastraya ime lokā asāvāditya ekaviṃśaḥ  
tadeva tenāpnoti  
daśa hastyā aṅgulayo daśa padyā ātmaikaviṃśaḥ  
tadevātropasaṃdadhāti

> He joins that together here.  
> The pṛṣṭha \[stotras\] are seventeenfold.  
> Twelve are the months, five are the seasons.  
> He obtains that very thing by this.  
> Ten are the fingers of the hands, seven are the vital breaths in the head.  
> That is seventeenfold.  
> He joins that together here.  
> The Ārbhava \[pavamāna\] is seventeenfold.  
> Twelve are the months, five are the seasons.  
> He obtains that very thing in succession by this.  
> Ten are the toes of the feet, four are the thighs and knees, three are the downward breaths.  
> That is seventeenfold.  
> He joins that together here.  
> The Agniṣṭoma-sāman is twenty-one-fold.  
> Twelve are the months, five are the seasons, three are these worlds, yonder sun is the twenty-first.  
> He obtains that very thing by this.  
> Ten are the fingers of the hands, ten are the toes of the feet, the trunk is the twenty-first.  
> He joins that together here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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