Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.1.3.6
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.1.3.6
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- Sanskrit
6.1.3.6
tadyadasṛjyatākṣarat tadyadakṣarattasmādakṣaraṃ yadaṣṭau kṛtvo 'kṣaratsaivāṣṭākṣarā gāyatrya bhavat
Now that which was created was flowing; and inasmuch as it was flowing (aksharat), a syllable (akshara) resulted therefrom; and inasmuch as it flowed eight times, that octosyllabic Gâyatrî was produced.
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