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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.6.1.4

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.6.1.4

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2.6.1.4

sa pitṛbhyaḥ somavadbhyaḥ | ṣaṭkapāla puroḍāśa nivapati somāya vā pitṛmate ṣaḍvā ṛtava ṛtavaḥ pitarastasmātṣaṭkapālo bhavati

He offers a cake on six potsherds to the Pitarah Somavantah, or to Soma Pitrimat. Six doubtless are the seasons, and the fathers are the seasons: hence it is one of six potsherds.

Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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