Questions of King Milinda Part 01

SR No.: 007681
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1890
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
unlimited. Now whatever he does with prayer thereby he restores that form of his which is defined, limited; and whatever he does silently, thereby he restores that form of his which is undefined, unlimited,—verily, whosoever, knowing this, performs thus, restores this whole and complete Pragâpati. The outer forms are defined, and the inner ones are undefined ; and Agni is the same as an animal : hence the outer forms of the animal are defined, and the inner ones undefined.
THIRD Adhyâya. First BRÂHMANA. 1. Built is the Gârhapatya, unbuilt the Åhavanfya ; he then buys the king (Soma): the Gârhapatya being this (terrestrial) world, the Åhavaniya the sky, and Soma he that blows yonder, he thus places him (Vậyu, the wind) between these two worlds; and hence be blows between these two worlds.
2. And as to why he buys the king when the Gârhapatya is built, and the Ahavaniya unbuilt, — Agni is the body, and Soma the vital air: he thus places the vital air in the middle of the body, and hence that vital air is in the middle of the body.
3. And, again, why he buys the king when the Gârhapatya is built, and the Åhavaniya unbuilt, - Agni is the body, and Soma is the life-sap: he thus supplies the body with life-sap, and hence this body (of ours) is supplied with life-sap from end to end.
4. Having bought the king, and driven him about, he then takes out the material for the guest-neal. With the Havishkrit of that (ceremony) he releases speech. And in this way he interlinks the per
That is, in performing the various rites of the Soma-sacrifice,
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