Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.2.1.11
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.1.11
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- Sanskrit
2.2.1.11
atha yadagnaye pāvakāya nirvapati | annaṃ vai pāvakaṃ tajjāta evāsminnetadannaṃ dadhāti
And the reason why he makes offering to Agni Pâvaka, is that the purifying one means food: hence he thereby puts food into (the child) when it is born.
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