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VIII KANDA, I ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 8. II
-therewith he introduced the ear from the left (or upper) side. Separately he lays down (these bricks): what separate desires there are in the ear, those he thereby lays into it. Only once he settles them : he thereby makes the ear one; but were he to settle them each separately, he assuredly would cut the ear asunder. This is a threefold brick: the meaning of this has been explained.
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7. Then in the centre, with (Vâg. S. XIII, 58), 'This one, above, the mind,'-above, doubtless, is the moon; and as to why he speaks of him as (being) 'above,' the moon is indeed above; and as to why he says, the mind,' the mind (mati), doubtless, is speech, for by means of speech everything thinks (man) here1. The moon, having become speech, remained above: it is that form he now bestows (on Agni).
8. 'Its, the mind's, daughter, Speech,'-from out of that form, the moon, he fashioned speech ;— 'Winter, the son of Speech,'-from out of speech he fashioned the winter season;- Pankti, the daughter of Winter,'-from out of the winter season he fashioned the Pankti metre;-'from the Pankti the Nidhanavat,'-from out of the Pankti metre he fashioned the Nidhanavat-sâman 2;—
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'from the Nidhanavat the Agrayana,'-from
out of the Nidhanavat-sâman he fashioned the
Âgrayana cup-'from the Agrayana the Trinava and Trayastrimsa,'-from out of the Âgrayana-graha he fashioned the thrice-nine-versed and the three-and-thirty-versed hymn-forms;
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1 Or, perhaps, one thinks everything here.
2 That is a sâman which has a special nidhana, or chorus, added at the end (or inserted in the middle) of it.
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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 |