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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.7.1.24

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.7.1.24

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3.7.1.24

atha yasmātsvarurnāma | etasmādvā eṣo 'pacidyate tasyaitatsvamevārurbhavati tasmātsvarurnāma

And as to why it is called svaru ('very sore'),--that (chip) is cut off from that (stake), and thus is its own (sva) sore (arus); therefore it is called 'svaru.'

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

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