Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.3.3.12
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.3.3.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.3.3.12
athāgniṃ kalpayati | śiro vai yajñasyāhavanīyaḥ pūrvo 'rdho vai śiraḥ pūrvārdhamevaitadyajñasya kalpayatyuparyupari prastaraṃ dhārayaṅkalpayatyayaṃ vai stupaḥ prastara etamevāsminnetatpratidadhāti tasmāduparyupari prastaraṃ dhārayaṅkalpayati
He now trims the fire. The Âhavanîya, doubtless, is the head of the sacrifice, for the head is the fore-part: that fore-part of the sacrifice he thereby trims. He trims it while holding the prastara (which he has received back from the Brahman) close over it; for the prastara is the top-knot, and it is this which he thereby puts on it: for this reason he trims (the fire) while holding the prastara close over it.
Translations (1)
- The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English
Commentaries (1)
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit
- The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society — J. C. Heesterman, English