Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.1.2.18
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.1.2.18
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.1.2.18
nānā ha vā etānyagre kṣatrāṇyāsuḥ | yathaivāsau sūrya evaṃ teṣāmeṣa udyanneva vīryaṃ kṣatramādatta tasmādādityo nāma yadeṣāṃ vīryaṃ kṣatramādatta
Originally these (nakshatras) were so many different powers (kshatra), just as that sun yonder. But as soon as he rose, he took from them (â-dâ) their energy, their power; therefore he (the sun) is called Âditya, because he took from them their energy, their power.
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 (2)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī — V. S. Agrawala, English