Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.1.1.8
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.1.1.8
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- Sanskrit
8.1.1.8
tasya mano vaiśvakarmaṇamiti | manastasmādrūpādvāyorniramimīta grīṣmo mānasa iti grīṣmamṛtum manaso niramimīta triṣṭubgraiṣmīti triṣṭubhaṃ cando grīṣmādṛtorniramimīta triṣṭubhaḥ svāramiti triṣṭubhaścandasaḥ svāraṃ sāma niramimīta svārādantaryāma iti svārātsāmno 'ntaryāmaṃ grahaṃ niramimītāntaryāmātpañcadaśa ityantaryāmādgrahātpañcadaśaṃ stomaṃ niramimīta pañcadaśādbṛhaditi pañcadaśātstomādbṛhatpṛṣṭhaṃ niramimīta
'His, the all-worker's child, the Mind,'--from out of that (all-working) form, the wind, he fashioned the mind;--'the summer, the son of the mind,'--from out of the mind he fashioned the summer season;--'the Trishtubh, the daughter of Summer,'--from out of the summer season he fashioned the Trishtubh metre;--'from the Trishtubh the Svâra tune,'--from out of the Trishtubh metre he created the Svâra hymn-tune;--'from the Svâra the Antaryâma,'--from out of the Svâra-sâman he fashioned the Antaryâma-graha;--'from the Antaryâma the Pañkadasa,'--from out of the Antaryâma-cup he fashioned the fifteen-versed hymn-form;--'from the Pañkadasa the Brihat,'--from out of the Pañkadasa-stoma he fashioned the Brihat-prishtha.
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 (3)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Social and Rural Economy of Northern India, cir. 600 B.C.–200 A.D. — Atindranath Bose, English
- State and Government in Ancient India — A. S. Altekar, English