[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) › 2.2.2.18 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.2.18 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.2.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.18) te vā ete prāṇā eva yadagnayaḥ | prāṇodānāvevāhavanīyaśca gārhapatyaśca vyāno 'nvāhāryapacanaḥ > The (sacrificial) fires, assuredly, are those breaths: the Âhavanîya and Gârhapatya are the out-breathing and the in-breathing; and the Anvâhârya-pakana is the through-breathing. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.17) - [Next: 2.2.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.19) - [Up: 2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2) ## 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.2.2.2.18) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.18) · Pramāṇa