Satapatha Bramhana Part 05

SR No.: 007680
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1900
Total Pages: 2017
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 44 MB

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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
these, to wit, the sacrifice, Man, and Pragâpati,— do not exceed one another?
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2. Seeing that the upward Stomas follow the sacrifice, fitting themselves by repetitions with Sâmans, how do they enter man, and how do they become united with the vital airs?
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3. The Prâyaniya Atirâtra, the Katurvimsa day, the four Abhiplavas, and the Prishthya (shadaha) :how do these enter man, and how do they become united with the vital airs?
4. Fitted out with the Abhigit, the Svarasâmans join the Vishuvat on both sides :-how do these enter man, and how do they become united with the vital airs?
5. Setting out with the Trivrit, fitted out with the (Рañkadasa and) Saptadasa, and ending with the Trayastrimsa; with (the series of stomas increasing) successively by four (syllables 1):-how do these enter man, and how do they become united with the vital airs?'
6. The Trivrit is his head, the Pañkadasa his neck; and the chest, they say, corresponds to the Saptadasa; the Ekavimsa they make the belly, and
The Trivrit, or nine-versed stoma, is, however, followed by the Pankadasa, or fifteen-versed stoma-the thirteen-versed form not being in ordinary use-and these are succeeded by the Saptadasa (17), Ekavimsa (21), &c. Possibly, however, this last sentence may refer to the six days of the Prishthya-shadaha for which the stomas consisting of 9, 15, 17, 21, 27 and 33 verses respectively are used. On the Abhigit day, each of the first four stomas is used in succession for three stotras, the four hymn-forms thus making up the twelve stotras of the Agnish/oma. On the Visvagit day, on the other hand, only three stomas are usedthe Trivrit, Pankadasa, and Saptadasa-four stotras being assigned to each of these three hymn-forms.
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