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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.2.2.6

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.2.2.6

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4.2.2.6

atha yasmādāgrayaṇo nāma | yāṃ vā amūṃ grāvāṇamādadāno vācaṃ yacatyatra vai sāgre 'vadattadyatsātrāgre 'vadattasmādāgrayaṇo nāma

Then as to why it is called Âgrayana. His speech which he restrains, on taking up that press-stone, spoke out again first at this (libation); and because it spoke out first (agre) at this (libation), therefore this is called the Âgrayana.

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

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