Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.8.1.1
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.8.1.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
13.8.1.1
athāsmai kalyāṇaṃ kurvanti athāsmai śmaśānam kurvanti gṛhānvā prajñānam vā yo vai kaśca mriyate sa śavastasmā etadannaṃ karoti tasmācavānnam śavānnam ha vai tacmaśānamityācakṣate parokṣaṃ śmaśā u haiva nāma pitṝṇāmattāraste hāmuṣmiṃloke'kṛtaśmaśānasya sādhukṛtyāmupadambhayanti tebhya etadannaṃ karoti tasmācmaśānnaṃ śmaśānnam ha vai tacmaśānamityācakṣate paro'kṣam
They now do what is auspicious for him. They now prepare a burial-place (smasâna) for him, (to serve him) either as a house or as a monument; for when any one dies, he is a corpse (sava), and for that (corpse) food (anna) is thereby prepared, hence 'savanna,' for, indeed, 'savanna' is what is mystically called 'smasâna.' But 'smasâh' also are called the eaters amongst the Fathers, and they, indeed, destroy in yonder world the good deeds of him who has had no sepulchre prepared for him: it is for them that he prepares that food, whence it is 'smasânna,' for 'smasânna' is what is mystically called 'smasâna.'
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)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- 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
- The Hindu Temple — Stella Kramrisch, English