[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Shatapatha Brahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 3.5.3.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 3.5.3.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.5.3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.5.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.5.3.2) śira evāsya havirdhānam | vaiṣṇavaṃ devatayātha yadasmintsomo bhavati havirvai devānāṃ somastasmāddhavirdhānaṃ nāma > The Soma-cart (shed) is no other than his head, and has Vishnu for its deity. And because Soma is therein--Soma being havis (material for offering) for the gods--therefore it is called Havirdhâna (receptacle of havis). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.5.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.5.3.1) - [Next: 3.5.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.5.3.3) - [Up: 3.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.5.3) ## 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.3.5.3.2) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (4) - [A History of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c21.s12.7) — Dasgupta 1922, English - [Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s6.t4.26) — Tripathi 2021, English - [The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sen-bag-1983.c8.t3.26) — Sen & Bag 1983, English - [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.8) — Heesterman 1985, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.5.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.5.3.2) · Pramāṇa