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Shatapatha Brahmana 10.4.1.17

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.4.1.17

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10.4.1.17

tadvai lometi dve akṣare tvagiti dve asṛgiti dve meda iti dve māṃsamiti dve snāveti dve asthīti dve majjeti dve tāḥ ṣoḍaśa kalā atha ya etadantareṇa prāṇaḥ saṃcarati sa eva saptadaśaḥ prajāpatiḥ

And 'loma (hair)' is two syllables, 'tvak (skin)' two, 'asrik (blood)' two, 'medas (fat)' two, 'mâmsam (flesh)' two, 'snâva (sinew)' two, 'asthi (bone)' two, 'maggâ (marrow) ' two,--that makes sixteen digits; and the vital air which circulates therein, is the seventeenfold Pragâpati.

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

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