Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.2.2.16
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.2.2.16
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- Sanskrit
6.2.2.16
tam paurṇamāsyāmālabheta | amāvāsyāyāmālabhetetyu haika āhurasau vai candraḥ prajāpatiṃ sa etāṃ rātrimiha vasati tadyathopatiṣṭhantamālabhetaivaṃ taditi
Let him slaughter it at full moon. 'Let him slaughter at new moon,' so say some, 'for Pragâpati is yonder moon: during that night (of new moon) he dwells here (on earth), and it would be just as if he slaughtered him while staying near.'
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)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit
- Kāṇvīya Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit