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# Shatapatha Brahmana 2.1.2.3

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.1.2.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.2.3)

etā ha vai prācyai diśo na cyavante | sarvāṇi ha vā anyāni nakṣatrāṇi prācyai diśaścyavante tatprācyāmevāsyaitaddiśyāhitau bhavatastasmātkṛttikāsvādadhīta

> And again, they do not move away from the eastern quarter, whilst the other asterisms do move from the eastern quarter. Thus his (two fires) are established in the eastern quarter: 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)

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## 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.2.1.2.3) — 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 (5)

- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.210) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v1.c8.s13.20) — Winternitz 1927, English
- [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c9.36) — Keith 1925, English
- [India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8.s14.26) — Agrawala 1953, English
- [The Arctic Home in the Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.tilak-1903.c6.7) — Tilak 1903, English

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