Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.2.2.18
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.2.2.18
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.2.2.18
tadvai phālgunyāmeva | eṣā ha saṃvatsarasya prathamā rātriryatphālgunī paurṇamāsī yottaraiṣottamā yā pūrvā mukhata eva tatsaṃvatsaramārabhate
And furthermore, at the Phâlguna (full moon), for that full moon of Phâlguna, that is, the second (Phâlguna), is the first night of the year; and that first (Phâlguna) is the last (night of the year): he thus begins the year at the very mouth (beginning).
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)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Bhāratīya Jyotiḥśāstra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya — Śaṅkara Bālakṛṣṇa Dīkṣita & R. V. Vaidya, English
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit
- Kāṇvīya Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit
- The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas — Bal Gangadhar Tilak, English