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Shatapatha Brahmana 10.1.4.8

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.1.4.8

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10.1.4.8

tā vā etāḥ ṣaḍiṣṭakācitayaḥ ṣaṭ purīṣacitayastaddvādaśa dvādaśa māsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaro'gniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataiva tatprajāpatirekadhājaramamṛtamātmānamakuruta tathaivaitadyajamāna ekadhājaramamṛtamātmānaṃ kurute

These, then, are six layers of bricks, and six layers of earth, that makes twelve,--the year (consists of) twelve months, and Agni is the year: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, with so much did Pragâpati then make his body uniformly undecaying and immortal; and in like manner does the Sacrificer now make his body uniformly undecaying and immortal.

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

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