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Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43), Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], at
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INTRODUCTION | |
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The Building of the Sacred Fire-altar (continued). |
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First Layer (continued):-- | |
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Prânabhrit (5 sets of 10 each) | |
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Lokamprinâ | |
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Second Layer:-- | |
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Âsvinî (5) | |
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Ritavyâ (2) | |
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Vaisvadevî (5) | |
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Prânabhrit (5) | |
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Apasyâ (5) | |
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Khandasyâ (19) | |
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Lokamprinâ | |
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Third Layer:-- | |
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Svayamâtrinnâ (1) | |
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Disyâ (5) | |
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Visvagyotis (1) | |
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Ritavyâ (4) | |
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Prânabhrit (10) | |
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Khandasyâ (36) | |
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Vâlakhilyâ (14) | |
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Lokamprinâ | |
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Fourth Layer:-- | |
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Stoma (18) | |
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Sprit (10) | |
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Ritavyâ (2) | |
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Srishti (27) | |
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Lokamprinâ | |
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Fifth Layer:-- | |
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Asapatnâ (5) | |
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Khandasyâ, or Virâg (4 sets of 20 each) | |
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Stomabhâgâ (29) | |
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Nâkasad (5) | |
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Pañkakûdâ (5) | |
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Khandasyâ (10 sets of 3 each) | |
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Gârhapatya hearth (8) | |
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Punaskiti (8) | |
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Ritavyâ (2) | |
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Visvagyotis (1) | |
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Lokamprinâ (1)132 |
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Vikarnî (1) | |
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Svayamâtrinnâ (1) | |
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Sâmans sung thereon | |
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Scattering of 100 chips of gold on altar | |
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Symbolical meaning of layers | |
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Satarudriya | |
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Oblations on three enclosing-stones | |
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Avatâna (unstringing) libations | |
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Pratyavaroha (redescending) libations | |
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Sprinkling of altar | |
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Throwing of stone towards Nirriti's quarter | |
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Taking possession of the bricks, as milch cows | |
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Drawing of frog, lotus-flower, and bamboo-shoot across the altar | |
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Sâmans sung round the altar | |
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Day of Preparation for Soma-sacrifice | |
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Libations on Svayamâtrinnâ | |
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Sprinkling of altar with sour curds, honey and ghee | |
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Pravargya | |
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Leading forward of Agni to the Altar | |
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Oblations of ghee on udumbara logs | |
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Lifting of log, setting forth, Apratiratha hymn | |
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Setting up of variegated stone on Âgnîdhra site | |
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Mounting of Fire-altar | |
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Milk-offering on firebrand | |
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Laying down of, and putting logs on, Âhavanîya fire | |
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Oblations thereon | |
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Installation and Consecration of Agni | |
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Cakes to Vaisvânara and Maruts | |
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Vasor dhârâ, or shower of wealth | |
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Ardhendra and Graha oblations | |
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Yagñakratus | |
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Oblations to Stomas and age-grades | |
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Kalpa (prospering) libations | |
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Vâgaprasavîya libations | |
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Pârtha libations | |
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Consecration of Sacrificer | |
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Râshtrabhrit oblations | |
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Oblations on head of chariot | |
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Yoking of chariot with oblations of air | |
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Ruṅmatî (lightsome) oblations | |
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Arkâsvamedha-samtati oblations | |
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Preparatory Rites of Soma-sacrifice | |
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Building of Dhishnya hearths | |
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Agnîshomîya (animal) sacrifice | |
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Oblations to Regions | |
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Oblations to Divine Quickeners (devasû) | |
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Pasupurodâsa-offering | |
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Sutyâ, or Day of Soma-sacrifice | |
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Agniyoga, or yoking of Fire-altar | |
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Pressing and offering of Soma | |
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Unyoking of Fire-altar | |
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Milk for fast-food | |
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Samishtayagus oblations | |
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Udayanîyâ, and offering of barren cow | |
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Cake to Orderer (Pragâpati and the sun) | |
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Oblations to goddesses Anumati, Râkâ, Sinîvalî and Kuhû | |
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Pasupurodâsa and concluding ceremonies of offering of barren cow | |
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Vaisvakarmana oblations | |
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Payasyâ-offering to Mitra and Varuna | |
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Rules for a repeated Agnikayana | |
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Propitiatory hymn to Indra and Agni | |
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The Mystery of the Fire-altar | |
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The triad--Fire-altar, Mahad uktham, and Mahâvrata | |
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Parimâd sâmans | |
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Pragâpati made immortal | |
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Layers of altar partly mortal and partly immortal | |
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Agnikayana includes all sacrifices | |
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Contraction and expansion of wings of altar (bird) | |
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Dimensions of Fire-altar | |
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Sevenfold and hundred and onefold altars | |
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Time for building the altar | |
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Number of Upasad-days | |
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Pragâpati, the Altar and the Year (Time) | |
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The metres in relation to Pragâpati | |
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Dhîra Sâtaparneya and Mahâsâla Gâbâla on the knowledge of Agni | |
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Âruni on the mystery of the Arka | |
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Mystic import of the Yagus | |
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The sacred fire, the Arka, the one Akshara, the great Brahman | |
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Pragâpati, the year, is Agni, and King Soma, the moon | |
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Trayî vidyâ (the Vedas) | |
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Pragâpati, the year, as Death | |
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The Sacrificer is Pragâpati, and immortal | |
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Numbers of bricks in layers | |
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Session of a thousand years | |
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Mystic import of Agni, the Fire-altar | |
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The gold plate and gold man as sun and the man in the sun | |
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Death, the man in the right eye, and the man in the sun | |
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Mind, the ultimate cause of the universe | |
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The Fire-altar, the universe | |
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Kusri Vâgasravasa on the construction of the altar | |
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Asvapati Kaikeya on the nature of Vaisvânara | |
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The Agni-like, Arka-like, Uktha-like Purusha | |
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The true Brahman, the Self, the golden Purusha | |
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The sacrificial horse (Pragâpati), the universe | |
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Death, the ultimate cause | |
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Death, the Arka and Asvamedha, conquered by knowledge | |
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Corrections. | |
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Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East |
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