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# Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.6.2.8

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.6.2.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.6.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.6.2.8)

palāśasya palāśena madhyamena juhoti | brahma vai palāśasya palāśam brahmaṇaivaitajjuhoti sa sarveṣāmevāvadyatyekasyaiva nāvadyati ya eṣo 'tirikto bhavati

> He offers with the central leaflet of a palâsa-leaf. The palâsa-leaf, truly, is the Brahman (priesthood): with the Brahman, therefore, he offers. He takes a cutting from (the northern part of) all the cakes; from the additional one alone he takes no cutting.  
> — 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.2.6.2.8) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.113.9) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (1)

- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.606) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English

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