Shatapatha Brahmana 6.5.3.11
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.5.3.11
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.5.3.11
saptāśvaśakāni bhavanti | spta yajūṃṣi saptatayya etā devatāḥ sapta śīrṣanprāṇā yadu vā api bahukṛtvaḥ sapta-sapta saptaiva tacīrṣaṇyeva tatsapta prāṇāndadhāti
Seven balls of horse-dung are (used), and seven formulas: those deities are sevenfold, and seven vital airs there are in the head. But also what is many times, seven times seven, is (expressed by) seven: he thus puts the seven vital airs into the head.
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 (1)
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German