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Shatapatha Brahmana (Śatapathabrāhmaṇa)

शतपथब्राह्मण

Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths")

Satapatha Brahmana

The largest and most important brāhmaṇa, of the Vājasaneyin (White Yajurveda) schools: a comprehensive exegesis of the śrauta ritual, the Agnicayana and the Aśvamedha, ending with the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.

Language
Sanskrit
Date
800–500 BCE
Authors
Yājñavalkya, Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher)
Place
Videha
Extent
7,090 passages, 151,436 words
Text
complete digital text
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Commentaries (13)

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Translations (1)

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See also: more in Brahmanas

Discussed in 184 studies in Pramāṇa (listed on the page).