[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) › 4.2.2.6 # Shatapatha Brahmana 4.2.2.6 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.2.2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.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) - [Previous: 4.2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.2.5) - [Next: 4.2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.2.7) - [Up: 4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.2) ## 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.4.2.2.6) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.2.6) · Pramāṇa