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Shatapatha Brahmana 4.1.1.12

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.1.1.12

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4.1.1.12

atha dvādaśa kṛtvo 'bhiṣuṇoti | dvādaśākṣarā vai jagatī jāgataṃ tṛtīyasavanaṃ tṛtīyasavanamevaitatkriyate

He then presses twelve times; for of twelve syllables consists the Gagatî, and the evening Soma-feast belongs to the Gagatî: thus this (third turn of pressing) is made to be the evening Soma-feast.

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

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