Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.2.4.4
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.2.4.4
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- Sanskrit
7.2.4.4
dvādaśodacamasānkṛṣṭe ninayati | dvādaśa māsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaro 'gniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataivāsminnetadvṛṣṭiṃ dadhāti
Twelve jarfuls of water he pours on the ploughed ground,--twelve months are a year, and the year is Agni: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, by so much he thus bestows rain thereon.
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)
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit