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.
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
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English