Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.4.2.8
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.2.8
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.4.2.8
sa vā aparāhṇe dadāti | pūrvāhṇo vai devānām madhyandino manuṣyāṇāmaparāhṇaḥ pitṝṇāṃ tasmādaparāhṇe dadāti
He presents it in the afternoon. The forenoon, doubtless, belongs to the gods; the mid-day to men; and the afternoon to the fathers: therefore he presents (food to the fathers) in the afternoon.
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)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English