Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.3.3.20
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.3.3.20
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- Sanskrit
1.3.3.20
yadi pālāśānna vindet | atho api vaikaṅkatā syuryadi vaikaṅkatānna vindedatho api kārṣmaryamayāḥ syuryadi kārṣmaryamayānna vindedatho api vailvāḥ syuratho khādirā atho audumbarā ete hi vṛkṣā yajñiyāstasmādeteṣāṃ vṛkṣāṇām bhavanti
Should he be unable to procure them of Palâsa wood, they may be of Vikankata wood (Flacourtia Sapida); and if he be unable to procure any of Vikankata, they may be of Kârshmarya wood (Gmelina Arborea); and if he be unable to procure any of Kârshmarya wood, they may be of Vilva (Aegle Marmelos), or of Khadira (Acacia Catechu), or of Udumbara wood (Ficus Glomerata). These, doubtless, are the trees that are suitable for sacrificial purposes, and from these trees they (the enclosing-sticks) are therefore (taken).
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 (1)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English