[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Shatapatha Brahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 2.1.2.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.1.2.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.1.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.2.2) ekaṃ dve trīṇi | catvārīti vā anyāni nakṣatrāṇyathaitā eva bhūyiṣṭhā yatkṛttikāstadbhūmānamevaitadupaiti tasmātkṛttikāsvādadhīta > Moreover, the other lunar asterisms (consist of) one, two, three or four (stars), so that the Krittikâs are the most numerous (of asterisms): hence he thereby obtains an abundance. For this reason he may set up his fires under the Krittikâs. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.2.1) - [Next: 2.1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.2.3) - [Up: 2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina~en-eggeling.2.1.2.2) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (4) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.154) — Kane 1930, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.613) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s2.t3.15) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [Bhāratīya Jyotiḥśāstra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dikshit-1896.v1.c6.s3.t47.105) — Dīkṣita & Vaidya 1896, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.2.2) · Pramāṇa