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Shatapatha Brahmana 8.7.1.20

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.7.1.20

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8.7.1.20

tānyetāni jyotīṃṣi | tadyadetā evamupadadhātyetānyevaitajjyotīṃṣi samyañci dadhāti tasmādita ūrdhvo 'gnirdīpyate 'rvāṅsāvādityastapatyantarikṣe 'yaṃ tiryaṅ vāyuḥ pavate

These (three) then are the lights;--and when he lays down these (three Visvagyotis bricks) in this way, he thereby sets up those same lights so as to face each other; and hence the fire blazes upwards from this (earth), and yonder sun shines downwards, and that wind blows sideways in the air.

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

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