Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.8.1.18
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.8.1.18
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- Sanskrit
13.8.1.18
tadvai na mahatjuryāt nenmahadagham karavāṇīti yāvānapakṣapuco'gnistāvatjuryādityu haika āhuḥ samāno hyasyaiṣa ātmā yathaivāgnestatheti
One must not make it (too) large lest he should make the sin (of the deceased) large. 'Let him make it as large as the fire-altar without wings and tail,' say some, 'for like that of the fire-altar is this his (the Sacrificer's) body.'
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