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Shatapatha Brahmana 1.4.1.36

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.4.1.36

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1.4.1.36

tāṃ vā aṣṭamīmanubrūyāt | gāyatrī vā eṣā nidānenāṣṭākṣarā vai gāyatrī tasmādaṣṭamīmanubrūyāt

He therefore recites this, the eighth sâmidhenî). This, indeed, is peculiarly a gâyatrî verse, since it is of eight syllables that the gâyatrî (metre) consists: for this reason he recites the eighth (sâmidhenî).

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

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