[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › Shatapatha Brahmana # Shatapatha Brahmana (Śatapathabrāhmaṇa) शतपथब्राह्मण · Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") · Satapatha Brahmana The largest and most important brāhmaṇa, of the Vājasaneyin (White Yajurveda) schools: a comprehensive exegesis of the śrauta ritual, the Agnicayana and the Aśvamedha, ending with the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad. - **Language:** Sanskrit - **Date:** 800–500 BCE - **Authors:** [Yājñavalkya](https://indike.org/pramana/person/yajnavalkya), [Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher)](https://indike.org/pramana/person/sandilya-vedic) - **Place:** Videha - **Extent:** 7,090 passages, 151,436 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** gretil · GRETIL: provided for scholarly reference; rights of the printed editions remain with their holders (see the…; gretil · GRETIL: provided for scholarly reference; rights of the printed editions remain with their holders (see the…; gretil · GRETIL: provided for scholarly reference; rights of the printed editions remain with their holders (see the… ## Contents - [1 Book 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1) — 9 parts - [2 Book 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2) — 6 parts - [3 Book 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3) — 9 parts - [4 Book 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4) — 6 parts - [5 Book 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5) — 5 parts - [6 Book 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6) — 8 parts - [7 Book 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7) — 5 parts - [8 Book 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8) — 7 parts - [9 Book 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.9) — 5 parts - [10 Book 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.10) — 6 parts - [11 Book 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.11) — 8 parts - [13 Book 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.13) — 8 parts - [14 Book 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.14) — 9 parts ## Recensions and editions (2) - [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina) — Sanskrit - [Kāṇva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*kanva) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised ## Commentaries (13) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha!kavindra-acarya-sarasvati) — Kavīndra Ācārya Sarasvatī, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha!hariharasvamin) — Harihara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Paṇḍitamaṇḍana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha!panditamandana) — Nārāyaṇendra Sarasvatī, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha!ananta-bhatta) — Ananta Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Kātyāyanaśākhābhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha!katyayanasakhabhasya) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Prājñabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha!prajnabodhini) — Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha!vidyatirtha-mahesvara) — Vidyātīrtha Maheśvara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha!anantacarya) — Anantācārya, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha!kavindracarya-sarasvati) — Kavīndrācārya Sarasvatī, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha!mahidhara) — Mahīdhara, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Vedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha!sayanacarya) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit, not yet digitised - [Pradīpa (Nṛsiṃha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha!pradipa-nrsimha) — Nṛsiṃha, Sanskrit, not yet digitised ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Translations (1) - [The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina~en-eggeling) — English ## Texts within (60) - [Adhvara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvara) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Adhvarakanda (Adhvarakāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; partly digitised - [Agnigrahanabrahmana (Agnigrahaṇabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.agnigrahanabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Agnirahasya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.agnirahasya) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Agnirahasyabrahmana (Agnirahasyabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.agnirahasyabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Agnirahasyakanda (Agnirahasyakāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.agnirahasyakanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Antaryamibrahmana (Antaryāmibrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.antaryamibrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; partly digitised - [Aranyakakanda (Āraṇyakakāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.aranyakakanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Ashvamedhakanda (Aśvamedhakāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.asvamedhakanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Cikanda (Cīkāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.cikanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Citi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citi) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Citikanda (Citikāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; partly digitised - [Dashamangirasashadhyakandabrahmana (Daśamāṅgirasaṣaḍhyakāṇḍabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.dasamangirasasadhyakandabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Dashamanitikandabrahmana (Daśamanītikāṇḍabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.dasamanitikandabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Ekadhyaya (Ekādhyāya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.ekadhyaya) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Ekapadikakanda (Ekapādikākāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.ekapadikakanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Ganashantibrahmana (Gaṇaśāntibrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.ganasantibrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Grahakanda (Grahakāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.grahakanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Hastighata (Hastighaṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.hastighata) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Keshirajabrahmana (Keśirājabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.kesirajabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Keshirangabrahmana (Keśiraṅgabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.kesirangabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Kshamapana (Kṣamāpaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.ksamapana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Madhubrahmana (Madhubrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.madhubrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Madhyamakanda (Madhyamakāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.madhyamakanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Madhyandina shatapathasya ashvamedhakanda (Mādhyandina śatapathasya aśvamedhakāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.madhyandinasatapathasyaasvamedhakanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Madhyandinayana shruti (Mādhyandināyana śruti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.madhyandinayanasruti) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Madhyandiniyacitikanda (Mādhyandinīyacitikāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.madhyandiniyacitikanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Maitravaruniya (Maitrāvaruṇīya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.maitravaruniya) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Mandalabrahmana (Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.mandalabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Mandalabrahmana of Shuklayajurveda (Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇa of Śuklayajurveda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.mandalabrahmanaofsuklayajurveda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; partly digitised - [Mukhasambharabrahmana (Mukhasambhārabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.mukhasambharabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Navamasavcikandabrahmana (Navamasāvcīkāṇḍabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.navamasavcikandabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pitribrahmana (Pitṛbrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.pitrbrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pravargyakanda (Pravargyakāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.pravargyakanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Sa yah kamayate brahmana (Sa yaḥ kāmayate brāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.sayahkamayatebrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Sacikanda (Sācikāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.sacikanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Samciti (Saṃciti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.samciti) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Sancitabrahmana (Sañcitabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.sancitabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Sharirabrahmana (Śārīrabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.sarirabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Shatapatabrahmanasankshepa (Śatapatabrāhmaṇasaṅkṣepa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.satapatabrahmanasanksepa) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Shatapathabrahmana Ashtadhyayi (Śatapathabrāhmaṇa Aṣṭādhyāyī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.satapathabrahmanaastadhyayi) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Shatapathabrahmana or Brihadaranyakabrahmana (Śatapathabrāhmaṇa or Bṛhadāraṇyakabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.satapathabrahmanaorbrhadaranyakabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; partly digitised - [Shatapathabrahmanaprakarana (Śatapathabrāhmaṇaprakaraṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.satapathabrahmanaprakarana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Shatapathamandalabrahmana (Śatapathamaṇḍalabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.satapathamandalabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Shatarudriyabrahmana (Śatarudrīyabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.satarudriyabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Savakanda (Savakāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.savakanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Tritiyardhvarakandabrahmana (Tṛtīyardhvarakāṇḍabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.trtiyardhvarakandabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Uddharakandabrahmana (Uddhārakāṇḍabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.uddharakandabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Uddhari (Uddhāri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.uddhari) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Ukhasambharanakanda (Ukhāsambharaṇakāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.ukhasambharanakanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Upanishatkanda (Upaniṣatkāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.upanisatkanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Vajapeyakanda (Vājapeyakāṇḍa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.vajapeyakanda) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Vamshadhyaya (Vaṃśādhyāya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.vamsadhyaya) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; partly digitised - [Vamshoshadhyaya (Vaṃśośādhyāya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.vamsosadhyaya) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Vishnubrahmana (Viṣṇubrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.visnubrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Yadetanmandalabrahmana (Yadetanmaṇḍalabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.yadetanmandalabrahmana) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Haviryanja (Haviryañja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.haviryanja) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Vajapeya (Vājapeya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.vajapeya) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; Padmanābha; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Vihritshodashishastra (Vihṛtṣoḍaśīśastra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.vihrtsodasisastra) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Agnirahasya Upanishad (Agnirahasya Upaniṣad)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.agnirahasyaupanisad) — Sanskrit; 100 BCE – 1450 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised ## Based on - [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi) ## Contains - [Agnirahasya Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.noncanon.other.agnirahasyaupanisad) ## Same text as - [Agnirahasya Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.noncanon.other.agnirahasyaupanisad) - [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka) ## See also: more in [Brahmanas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) - [Aitareya Brahmana (Aitareyabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) — Sanskrit; 850–600 BCE - [Taittiriyabrahmana (Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya) — Sanskrit; 850–650 BCE - [Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa (Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki) — Sanskrit; 750–550 BCE - [Samavidhanabrahmana (Sāmavidhānabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.samavidhana) — Sanskrit; 450–250 BCE; partly digitised - [Gopathabrahmana (Gopathabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha) — Sanskrit; 500–250 BCE - [Arsheyabrahmana (Ārṣeyabrāhmaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.arseya) — Sanskrit; 450–250 BCE; partly digitised _Discussed in 184 studies in Pramāṇa (listed on the page)._ --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) · Pramāṇa