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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 14.1.2.6

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14.1.2.6

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14.1.2.6

aratnimātrī bhavati bāhurvā aratnirbāhuno vai vīryaṃ kriyate vīryasammitaiva tadbhavati vīryeṇaivainametatsamardhayati kṛtsnaṃ karoti

It is a cubit long, for a cubit means the (fore-) arm, and with the arm strength is exerted: it (the spade) thus is composed of strength, and with strength he thus supplies and completes it.

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

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