Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 10.2.3.4
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.2.3.4
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- Sanskrit
10.2.3.4
sa vedyantāt ṣaṭtriṃśatprakramām prācīṃ vediṃ vimimīte triṃśatam paścāttiraścīṃ caturviṃśatim purastāttannavatiḥ saiṣā navatiprakramā vedistasyāṃ saptavidhamagniṃ vidadhāti
From the (western) end of the Vedi he measures off the Vedi thirty-six steps long eastward, thirty (steps) broad behind, and twenty-four (steps broad) in front,--that makes ninety. This, then, is the Vedi measuring ninety steps: thereon he lays out the sevenfold Fire-altar.
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)
- The Science of the Śulba: A Study in Early Hindu Geometry — Bibhutibhusan Datta, English