Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 10.2.1.3
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.2.1.3
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.2.1.3
caturviṃśatyāṅgulibhirmimīte caturviṃśatyakṣarā vai gāyatrī gāyatro'gniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataivainaṃ tanmimīte
He measures by twenty-four finger-breadths,--the Gâyatrî (verse) consists of twenty-four syllables, and Agni is of Gâyatra nature: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, by so much he thus measures him.
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 (3)
- Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) — Prasanna Kumar Acharya, English
- Geometry in Ancient and Medieval India — T. A. Sarasvati Amma, English
- The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry — Bibhutibhusan Datta, English