Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 9.2.3.46
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 9.2.3.46
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- Sanskrit
9.2.3.46
tiṣṭhantsamidha ādadhāti | asthīni vai samidhastiṣṭhantīva vā asthīnyāsīna āhutīrjuhoti māṃsāni vā āhutaya āsata iva vai māṃsānyantarāḥ samidho bhavanti bāhyā āhutayo 'ntarāṇi hyasthīni bāhyāni māṃsāni
Standing he puts on the logs,--the logs are bones, and bones stand, so to speak. Sitting he offers the oblations,--oblations are the flesh, and the flesh sits (lies), so to speak. The logs are inside (the fire), and the oblations outside, for the bones are inside, and the flesh is outside.
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 (2)
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit