Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.2.3.2
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.2.3.2
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- Sanskrit
5.2.3.2
atha śvo bhūte | anumatyai haviraṣṭākapālam puroḍāśaṃ nirvapati sa ye jaghanena śamyām piṣyamāṇānāmavaśīyante piṣṭāni vā taṇḍulā vā tāntsruve sārdhaṃ saṃvapatyanvāhāryapacanādulmukamādadate tena dakṣiṇā yanti sa yatra svakṛtaṃ veriṇaṃ vindati śvabhrapradaraṃ vā
And on the following day he prepares a cake on eight potsherds, as sacrificial food for Anumati. And whatever portion of (the grains) being ground,--either flour or rice-grains,--falls down behind the pin, that he throws together into the dipping-spoon (sruva). They take a firebrand from the Anvâhâryapakana (or southern) fire, and therewith go southward. And where he finds a self-produced hollow or cleft,--
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)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- Śatapatha — Sanskrit