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SATAPATHA-BRÂHMANA.
2. From that middle peg he strides fifteen steps to the right, and there drives in a peg,--this is the right hip.
3. From that middle peg he strides fifteen steps northwards, and there drives in a peg,—this is the left hip.
4. From that middle peg he strides thirty-six steps eastwards, and there drives in a peg,—this is the fore-part'.
5. From that middle peg (in front) he strides twelve steps to the right, and there drives in a peg,this is the right shoulder.
6. From that middle peg he strides twelve steps to the north, and there drives in a peg,—this is the left shoulder. This is the measure of the altar.
7. Now the reason why it is thirty steps broad behind is this: the Virág metre consists of thirty syllables, and by means of the Virag the gods obtained a firm footing in this world; and even so does he now, by means of the Virág, obtain a firm footing in this world.
8. But there may also be thirty-three (steps); for of thirty-three syllables also consists the Virág; and by means of the Virág he obtains a firm footing in this world.
9. Then as to why the 'easterly lines' is thirty-six steps long ;-the Brihatt consists of thirty-six syllables, and by means of the Brihati the gods obtained between the (new) altar and the Prakina-vamsa fires and altar. See III, 5, 2, 2.
1 That is, the middle of the front side of the altar, or, as it were, its head, where the high altar' is to be raised.
? The 'prakt' is the line drawn from the middle of the west side to that of the front side of the altar, forming as it were the spine (prishthya) of the altar.
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| SR No. | 007678 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Julius Eggeling |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1885 |
| Total Pages | 2521 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 44 MB |