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.
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)
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit
- Kāṇvīya Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit