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# Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.4.4.17

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.4.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.4.17)

atha yatpūrvedyuḥ | aindrāgnena yajate 'māvāsyāyāṃ darśapūrṇamāsayorvai devate sta indrāgnī eva te evaitadañjasā pratyakṣaṃ yajatyañjasā ha vā asya darśapūrṇamāsābhyāmiṣṭam bhavati ya evametadveda

> And again as to why, at new moon, he offers the Indra-Agni (cake) on the first day. Indra and Agni doubtless are the deities of the new and full moon: it is to these, therefore, that he offers directly and expressly; and directly to the new and full moon is offering made by him who thus knows this.  
> — 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.2.4.4.17) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [The Religions of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1895.c15.27) — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English

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