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him (Agni). He places them so as not to be separated from those ten (Prânabhrits): he thereby puts in vital airs that are not separate from the head.
15. And the seven he places at the back (of the altar) are those seven vital airs behind : it is these he thereby puts into him. He places them so as not to be separated from those twelve (Khandasyâs): he thereby puts into him vital airs that are not separate from the body. That same Váyu-Pragapati is turned round in all directions in this trishtubhlike air; and when he lays down the third layer, having made up both Vậyu (the wind) and the air, he thereby adds them to himself. He then puts down two Lokamprinâ (space-filling bricks) in that corner 1: the significance of them (will be explained) further on. He throws loose earth (on the layer): the significance of this (will be explained) further ons
THE FOURTH LAYER. Fourth ADHYÂYA. First BRÂHMANA. 1. He lays down the fourth layer. For the gods having laid down the third layer, now ascended; but, the third layer being the air ; it was the air which, having completed it, they ascended.
2. They spake, ‘Meditate ye!' whereby, indeed,
Whilst, in laying down the Lokamprinâs of the first and second layers, he started from the south-east and south-west corners respectively, in the third layer he starts from the left hip (or north-wes corner) of the altar; filling up the available spaces in two turns, in sunwise fashion. Cf. p. 22, note 1; and p. 41, note i.
. See VIII, 7, 2, 4 seq. 3 See VIII, 7, 3, I seq.
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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 |