Satapatha Bramhana Part 03

SR No.: 007679
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1894
Total Pages: 2382
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
he inserts the Nivid in the (hymn, I, III) of the one-day's sacrifice. Having recited the (hymn, V, 41) to the All-gods, 'Who is there righteous unto you, Mitra and Varuna? ...,' he inserts the Nivid in the (hymn, I, 89) of the one day's sacrifice. Thus as to the Vaisvadeva (-sastra).
12. Then as to the Agnimâruta'. Having recited the (hymn, VI, 7) to (Agni) Vaisvanara, 'The head of the sky, and the disposer of the earth..., he inserts the Nivid in the (hymn, III, 3) of the one-day's sacrifice. Having recited the (hymn, V, 57) to the Maruts, 'Hither, O Rudras, come ye united with Indra ...,' he inserts the Nivid in the (hymn, I, 87) of the one-day's sacrifice, Having recited the nine verses (VI, 15, 1-9) to Gâta vedas, This guest of yours, the earlywaking ...,' he inserts the Nivid in the (hymn, I, 143) of the one-day's sacrifice. And as to why the (hymns) of the one-day's sacrifice are used for inserting the Nivid, it is for the sake of his (the Sacrificer's) not being deprived of a firm foundation, for the Gyotishtoma is a foundation.
13. For this (day) there are those sacrificial animals—' A horse, a hornless he goat, and a Gomriga ®,' fifteen 'paryangyas': the mystic import of these has been explained. Then these wild onesfor spring he seizes (three) kapiñgalas , for summer sparrows, for the rainy season partridges : of these
1 Viz. the final Sastra of the evening-service, preceded by the chanting of the Agnishtoma-saman; see part i, p. 369. • See p. 398, note 4; P. 338, note 1.
The Kapingala' is a kind of wildfowl, apparently of the quail or partridge species—a hazel-cock, or francoline partridge. Some of the later authorities, however, identify it with the kalaka'
ildfowl, apparently doe. Some
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