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.
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And as to his calling it 'array,' the year is indeed arrayed over all beings: it is that form he now lays down.
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18. The womb, the Katurvimsa!' he therewith lays down that hymn-form which is twenty-fourfold. But the womb, the twenty-four-fold one, doubtless, is the year: in it there are twenty-four half-months. And as to his calling it the womb,' the year is indeed the womb of all beings: it is that form he now lays down.
19. 'The embryos, the Pañkavimsa!' he therewith lays down that hymn-form which is twentyfive-fold. But the embryos, the twenty-five-fold one, doubtless, is the year: in it there are twenty-four half-months, and the year itself is the embryos, the twenty-five-fold. And as to his calling it 'the embryos,'-the year, as an embryo, in the shape of the thirteenth month, enters the seasons: it is that form he now lays down.
20. 'Strength, the Trinava!' he therewith lays down that hymn-form which is thrice ninefold. And as to his calling it 'strength,'-strength (ogas) means the thunderbolt (vagra), and the Trinava is a thunderbolt. But strength also means the year: in it there are twenty-four half-months, the two, day and night, and the year itself is strength, the thrice-ninefold. And as to his calling it 'strength,' the year indeed is the strength of all beings: it is that form he now lays down.
21. 'Design, the Ekatrimsa!' he therewith lays down that hymn-form which is thirty-one-fold. But design, the thirty-one-fold, doubtless, means the year: in it there are twenty-four half-months, six seasons, and the year itself is design, the thirty-one-fold. And
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