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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.1.3.10

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.1.3.10

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6.1.3.10

tamabravīdrudro 'sīti | tadyadasya tannāmākarodagnistadrūpamabhavadagniva rudro yadarodīttasmādrudraḥ so 'bravījjyāyānvā ato 'smi dhehyeva me nāmeti

He said to him, 'Thou art Rudra.' And because he gave him that name, Agni became suchlike (or, that form), for Rudra is Agni: because he cried (rud) therefore he is Rudra. He said, 'Surely, I am mightier than that: give me yet a name!'

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

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