Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.4.1.15
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.4.1.15
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.4.1.15
atha puruṣamupadadhāti | sa prajāpatiḥ so 'gniḥ sa yajamānaḥ sa hiraṇmayo bhavati jyotirvai hiraṇyaṃ jyotiragniramṛtaṃ hiraṇyamamṛtamagniḥ puruṣo bhavati puruṣo hi prajāpatiḥ
He then lays the (gold) man thereon,--he is Pragâpati, he is Agni, he is the Sacrificer. He is made of gold, for gold is light, and fire is light; gold is immortality, and fire is immortality. It is a man (purusha), for Pragâpati is the Man.
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
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- The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology — Alfred Foucher & L. A. Thomas, English