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Henry, 1. c., p. 97, very justly points out that this leaves á in the air, and himself suggests, very ingeniously, á susráso - sisraso,' thou hast made fall those who fall easily.' This makes good sense, and fills out the metre. Yet I am not convinced the first person asisrasam, or the third, asisrasat, rather than the second person, asisrasah, would be in accordance with the ordinary tone of such incantations, and, after all, the parallelism of each of the remaining three Pâdas seems to demand an ablative dependent upon a comparative. Sâyana reads âsusrasah, and glosses, susrasah atyartham sravantyah sarvadâ pâyâdisravanasîlâh . . . åsusrasah å samantâd niravasesham sravanasîlâ bhavantu. The Paippalâda, nâmannasam svayamsrasann asatîbhyo vasattarâ! For the sense in general, cf. Bhagavadgîtâ I, 30, gandî - va sramsate hastât.
HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
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c. The word séhu is quotable in addition only Kâth. S. XXXIV, 12 (sehus ka plîhâ ka), where it obviously designates some part of the body. The Pet. Lexs., ' a certain dry substance;' Ludwig, 'rosin.' Professor Henry makes the Pâda over into arasad arasátarâ, but I cannot believe that our lectio difficillima is at fault. The Hindus must have associated dryness with this organ. Sâyana, sehok sehur nåma viprakîrnâvayavah atyantam nihsåras tūlâdirûpak, apparently, 'a substance whose parts are scattered exceedingly dry, having the form of cotton-wool, or the like.'
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o. vigấman, 'a part of the body.' Sâyana, 'genital organs' viseshena gâyate apatyam atresti vigâmâ guhyapradesal. The Pet. Lexs., ' members of the body which are in pairs' this seems to be the meaning at Sat. Br. III, 6, 2, 1. Ludwig, 'ankle.'
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For the nature of the disease gayanya, and the general character of this charm, see Contributions, Second Series,
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Sâyana at RV. VII, 50, 2, (vigăman párushi), vividhaganmani parushi.
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| SR No. | 007679 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 03 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Julius Eggeling |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1894 |
| Total Pages | 2382 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |