Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.5.4.5
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.5.4.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.5.4.5
tānprādeśamātraṃ vinā parilikhati | idamahaṃ rakṣasāṃ grīvā apikṛntāmīti vajro vā abhrirvajreṇaivaitannāṣṭrāṇāṃ rakṣasāṃ grīvā apikṛntati
He draws their outlines, saving the measure of a span, with, 'Here do I cut off the necks of the Rakshas!' For the spade is the thunderbolt: it is with the thunderbolt that he thus cuts off the necks of the Rakshas.
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)
- Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) — Prasanna Kumar Acharya, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) — D. N. Shukla, English