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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.5.5.19

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.5.5.19

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Sanskrit

5.5.5.19

tā vā etāḥ | dvādaśa vā trayodaśa vā dakṣiṇā bhavanti dvādaśa vā vai trayodaśa vā saṃvatsarasya māsāḥ saṃvatsarasammitaiṣeṣṭistasmāddvādaśa vā trayodaśa vā dakṣiṇā bhavanti

Now there are here either twelve, or thirteen gifts, and there are either twelve or thirteen months in the year;--the offering thus is of equal measure with the year: that is why there are either twelve or thirteen sacrificial gifts.

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

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