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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.1.2.8

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.1.2.8

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8.1.2.8

tasyai vāṅnātyeti | vācaṃ tasmādrūpāccandramaso niramimīta hemanto vācya iti hemantamṛtuṃ vāco niramimīta paṅktirhaimantīti paṅktiṃ cando hemantādṛtorniramimīta paṅktyai nidhanavaditi paṅktyai candaso nidhanavatsāma niramimīta nidhanavata āgrayaṇa iti nidhanavataḥ sāmna āgrayaṇaṃ grahaṃ niramimītāgrayaṇāttriṇavatrayastriṃśāvityāgrayaṇādgrahāttriṇavatrayastriṃśau stomau niramimīta triṇavatrayastriṃśābhyāṃ śākvararaivate iti triṇavatrayastriṃśābhyāṃ stomābhyāṃ śākvararaivate pṛṣṭhe niramimīta

'Its, the mind's, daughter, Speech,'--from out of that form, the moon, he fashioned speech;--'Winter, the son of Speech,'--from out of speech he fashioned the winter season;--'Paṅkti, the daughter of Winter,'--from out of the winter season he fashioned the Paṅkti metre;--'from the Paṅkti the Nidhanavat,'--from out of the Paṅkti metre he fashioned the Nidhanavat-sâman;--'from the Nidhanavat the Âgrayana,'--from out of the Nidhanavat-sâman he fashioned the Âgrayana cup;--'from the Âgrayana the Trinava and Trayastrimsa,'--from out of the Âgrayana-graha he fashioned the thrice-nine-versed and the three-and-thirty-versed hymn-forms;-- 'from the Trinava and Trayastrimsa the Sâkvara and Raivata,'--from out of the Trinava and Trayastrimsa-stomas he fashioned the Sâkvara and Raivata-prishthas.

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

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