Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.5.1.11
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.5.1.11
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.5.1.11
atha yatpaścādvarīyasī bhavati | paścādvarīyasī pṛthuśroṇiriti vai yoṣām praśaṃsanti yadveva paścādvarīyasī bhavati paścādevaitadvarīyaḥ prajananaṃ karoti tasmātpaścādvarīyasaḥ prajananādimāḥ prajāḥ prajāyante
And why it is broader behind,--'Wider behind, broad-hipped,' thus they praise a woman. And by its being wider behind, he makes that womb at the hind-part (of the altar) wider, and from that wider womb these creatures are born.
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 (3)
- A History of Sanskrit Literature — A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. — V. S. Agrawala, English
- Studies in Indian Art — V. S. Agrawala, English