Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.5.2.16
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.5.2.16
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- Sanskrit
8.5.2.16
sa sa parāṅiva rohaḥ | iyamu vai pratiṣṭhā te devā imām pratiṣṭhāmabhipratyāyaṃstathaivaitadyajamāna imām pratiṣṭhāmabhipratyaityatha yottamā daśadayaṃ sa lokastasmādyathaiva prathamāyai daśataḥ prabhṛtirevamuttamāyai samānaṃ hyetadyadete daśatāvayameva lokaḥ
And, again, as to why he lays it down by means of Indra and Agni, and settles it by means of Visvakarman. When Pragâpati had become relaxed (disjointed), the deities took him and went off in different directions. Indra and Agni, and Visvakarman took his middle part, and kept going away from him.
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)
- Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) — D. N. Shukla, English
- The Hindu Temple — Stella Kramrisch, English
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit