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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
kenner (knower of beings) may assume different meanings, may be seen from Mr. Peile's remark (Notes on the Nalopakhyanam, p. 23), "Gâtavedas, the Vedic epithet of Agni, is described as the “knower of the essence" (gâta), Grassmann, Dict. s. v.'
For the first chapter of the third book, treating of the ceremony of consecration, I have had the advantage of availing myself of the German translation, published by Dr. B. Lindner in his pamphlet, 'Die Dîksha,' Leipzig, 1878.
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