Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.8.3.11
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.8.3.11
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- Sanskrit
13.8.3.11
tadvai na mahatkuryāt nenmahadagham karavāṇīti yāvānudbāhuḥ puruṣastāvatkṣatriyasya kuryānmukhadaghnam brāhmaṇasyopasthadaghnaṃ striyā ūrudaghnam vaiśyasyāṣṭhīvaddaghnaṃ śūdrasyaivamvīryā hyeta iti
Let him not make it (the sepulchral mound) too large, lest he make the (deceased's) sin large. For a Kshatriya he may make it as high as a man with upstretched arms, for a Brâhmana reaching up to the mouth, for a woman up to the hips, for a Vaisya up to the thighs, for a Sûdra up to the knee; for suchlike is their vigour.
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 (4)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English
- The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times — Beni Prasad, English