Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.1.3.16
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.1.3.16
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.1.3.16
tamabravīnmahāndevo 'sīti | tadyadasya tannāmākaroccandramāstadrūpamabhavatprajāpatirvai candramāḥ prajāpatirvai mahāndevaḥ so 'bravījjyāyānvā ato 'smi dhehyeva me nāmeti
He said to him, 'Thou art Mahân Devah (the Great God).' And because he gave him that name, the moon became suchlike, for the moon is Pragâpati, and Pragâpati is the Great God. He said, 'Surely, I am mightier than that: give me yet a name!'
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 (5)
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit
- Shakti and Shâkta: Essays and Addresses on the Shâkta Tantrashâstra — John Woodroffe, English
- Kāṇvīya Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit