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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.5.4.9

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.5.4.9

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Sanskrit

6.5.4.9

sa vai khanatyekena | avadadhātyekenābhīnddha ekena śrapayatyekena dvābhyām pacati tasmāddviḥ saṃvatsarasyānnam pacyate tāni ṣaṭ sampadyante ṣadṛtavaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaro 'gniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvattadbhavati

Now he digs with one (formula), he sets down (the fire-pan) with one, he kindles with one, he heats with one, he bakes (pak) with two, whence twice in the year food is ripened (pak); these amount to six,--six seasons are a year, and Agni is the year: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, so great does this become.

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

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