[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 6.2.2.8 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.2.2.8 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.2.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2.8) tasya saptadaśa sāmidhenyaḥ | saptadaśo vai saṃvatsaro dvādaśa māsāḥ pañca 'rtavaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ prajāpatiḥ prajāpatiragniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataivainametatsaminddhe > For this (animal sacrifice) there are seventeen kindling-verses; for the year is seventeenfold--there are twelve months and five seasons--Pragâpati is the year, and Pragâpati is Agni: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, by so much he thus kindles him. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 6.2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2.7) - [Next: 6.2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2.9) - [Up: 6.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina~en-eggeling.6.2.2.8) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2.8) · Pramāṇa