Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.5.2.8
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.5.2.8
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- Sanskrit
6.5.2.8
tām prādeśamātrīmevordhvāṃ karoti | prādeśamātrīṃ tiraścīm prādeśamātro vai garbho viṣṇuryonireṣā garbhasammitāṃ tadyoniṃ karoti
He makes it just a span high, and a span sideways; for Vishnu, when an embryo, was a span long, and this (fire-pan) is the womb: he thus makes the womb of equal size with the embryo.
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 (2)
- The Hindu Temple — Stella Kramrisch, English
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit