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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.6.3.24

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.6.3.24

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1.6.3.24

sūrya evāgneyaḥ | candramāḥ saumyo 'harevāgneyaṃ rātriḥ saumyā ya evāpūryate 'rdhamāsaḥ sa āgneyo yo 'pakṣīyate sa saumyaḥ

The sun, indeed, relates to Agni, and the moon to Soma; the day relates to Agni, and the night to Soma; the waxing half-moon relates to Agni, and the waning one to Soma.

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

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