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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.1.3.3

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.3.3

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1.1.3.3

atho api trīṇi syuḥ | vyāno hi tṛtīyo dve nveva bhavatastābhyāmetāḥ prokṣaṇīrutpūya tābhiḥ prokṣati tadyadetābhyāmutpunāti

There may also be three: for the vyâna (or pervading vital air) is a third (kind of breathing); but in reality there are only two. Having then strained the sprinkling water with these two (strainers), he sprinkles with it. The reason why he strains it with the two (strainers) is this:

Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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