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Shatapatha Brahmana 6.3.1.30

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.3.1.30

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Sanskrit

6.3.1.30

dakṣiṇata āhavanīyo bhavati | uttarata eṣābhrirupaśete vṛṣā vā āhavanīyo yoṣābhrirdakṣiṇato vai vṛṣā yoṣāmupaśete 'ratnimātre 'ratnimātrāddhi vṛṣā yoṣāmupaśete

On the right (south) side is the Âhavanîya fire, and on the left (north) lies that spade; for the Âhavanîya (m.) is a male, and the spade (abhri, f.) a female, and the male lies on the right side of the female. [It lies] at a cubit's distance, for at a cubit's distance the male lies by the female.

Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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