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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
mahisha) doubtless is Agni, for he, being born here great (mahat), animated everything ;-'May it accrue to me in the cows, in the bodies,'-the body is the self: thus, ‘May it accrue to me both in the cows and in (my own) self;'—' I leave behind decline, weakness, sickness!' therewith he spreads the sand (by stroking): he thereby consigns to that (northern) region whatever decline, weakness, and sickness there is; whence hungry people (live) in that region. Having brought that (clod), he puts it on the body (of the altar) on the middle of the junction of the (left) wing (and the body): he thereby puts into him (Agni) what vital sap flowed away in the northerly direction; and also the northern region itself he bestows upon him.
24. These same (clods) are the regions; he places them on all sides : he thus places the regions on all sides; whence the regions are on every side. [He places the clods so] as to face each other from every side: he thereby places the regions to face each other from every side, and hence the regions face each other from every side. He places them separately, 'settles 1' them separately, and separately pronounces the Sadadohas upon them; for separate from each other are the regions. Standing he places them, for the regions, as it were, stand; and stronger, indeed, one is whilst standing.
25. These same (clods) are bricks having special prayers (yagushmati 2): on the body (of the altar) he places them, not on the wings and tail; for bricks having special prayers are placed on the body, not. on the wings or tail.
See p. 301, note 3.
• See p. 153, note 1.
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| SR No. | 007681 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 01 |
| 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 |