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The Satapatha Brahmana, Part IV
Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 43
translated by Julius Eggeling
[1897]
This is part IV of the Sacred Books of the East Satapatha Brahamana translation, containing Books VIII,
IX and X.
CONTENTS.
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INTRODUCTION
EIGHTH KÂNDA.
The Building of the Sacred Fire-altar (continued).
First Layer (continued):--
Prânabhrit (5 sets of 10 each)
Lokamprinâ
Second Layer:--
Âsvinî (5)
Ritavyâ
(2)
Vaisvadevî (5)
Prânabhrit (5)
Apasyâ (5)
Khandasyâ
(19)
Lokamprinâ
Third Layer:--
Svayamâtrinnâ (1)
Disyâ (5)
Visvagyotis (1)
Ritavyâ
(4)
Prânabhrit (10)
Khandasyâ
(36)
Vâlakhilyâ (14)
Lokamprinâ
Fourth Layer:--
Stoma (18)
Sprit (10)
p. viii
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Ritavyâ
(2)
Srishti (27)
Lokamprinâ
Fifth Layer:--
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Asapatnâ (5)
Khandasyâ,
or Virâg (4 sets of 20 each)
Stomabhâgâ (29)
Nâkasad (5)
Pañkakûdâ (5)
Khandasyâ
(10 sets of 3 each)
Gârhapatya hearth (8)
Punaskiti (8)
Ritavyâ
(2)
Visvagyotis (1)
Lokamprinâ (1)132
Vikarnî (1)
Svayamâtrinnâ (1)
Sâmans sung thereon
Scattering of 100 chips of gold on altar
Symbolical meaning of layers
NINTH KÂNDA.
Satarudriya
Oblations on three enclosing-stones
Avatâna (unstringing) libations
Pratyavaroha (redescending) libations
Sprinkling of altar
Throwing of stone towards Nirriti's quarter
Taking possession of the bricks, as milch cows
Drawing of frog, lotus-flower, and bamboo-shoot across the altar
Sâmans sung round the altar
Day of Preparation for Soma-sacrifice
Libations on Svayamâtrinnâ
Sprinkling of altar with sour curds, honey and ghee
Pravargya
Leading forward of Agni to the Altar
Oblations of ghee on udumbara logs
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
Milk-offering on firebrand
Laying down of, and putting logs on, Âhavanîya fire
Oblations thereon
Installation and Consecration of Agni
Cakes to Vaisvânara and Maruts
Vasor dhârâ, or shower of wealth
Ardhendra and Graha oblations
Yagñakratus
Oblations to Stomas and age-grades
Kalpa (prospering) libations
Vâgaprasavîya libations
Pârtha libations
Consecration of Sacrificer
Râshtrabhrit oblations
Oblations on head of chariot
Yoking of chariot with oblations of air
Ruṅmatî (lightsome) oblations
Arkâsvamedha-samtati oblations
Preparatory Rites of Soma-sacrifice
Building of Dhishnya hearths
Agnîshomîya (animal) sacrifice
Oblations to Regions
Oblations to Divine Quickeners (devasû)
Pasupurodâsa-offering
Sutyâ, or Day of Soma-sacrifice
Agniyoga, or yoking of Fire-altar
Pressing and offering of Soma
Unyoking of Fire-altar
Milk for fast-food
Samishtayagus oblations
Udayanîyâ, and offering of barren cow
Cake to Orderer (Pragâpati and the sun)
Oblations to goddesses Anumati, Râkâ, Sinîvalî and Kuhû
Pasupurodâsa and concluding ceremonies of offering of barren cow
Vaisvakarmana oblations
Payasyâ-offering to Mitra and Varuna
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Rules for a repeated Agnikayana
Propitiatory hymn to Indra and Agni
TENTH KÂNDA.
The Mystery of the Fire-altar
The triad--Fire-altar, Mahad uktham, and Mahâvrata
Parimâd sâmans
Pragâpati made immortal
Layers of altar partly mortal and partly immortal
Agnikayana includes all sacrifices
Contraction and expansion of wings of altar (bird)
Dimensions of Fire-altar
Sevenfold and hundred and onefold altars
Time for building the altar
Number of Upasad-days
Pragâpati, the Altar and the Year (Time)
The metres in relation to Pragâpati
Dhîra Sâtaparneya and Mahâsâla
Gâbâla
on the knowledge of Agni
Âruni on the mystery of the Arka
Mystic import of the Yagus
The sacred fire, the Arka, the one Akshara, the great Brahman
Pragâpati, the year, is Agni, and King Soma, the moon
Trayî vidyâ (the Vedas)
Pragâpati, the year, as Death
The Sacrificer is Pragâpati, and immortal
Numbers of bricks in layers
Session of a thousand years
Mystic import of Agni, the Fire-altar
The gold plate and gold man as sun and the man in the sun
Death, the man in the right eye, and the man in the sun
Mind, the ultimate cause of the universe
The Fire-altar, the universe
Kusri Vâgasravasa on the construction of the altar
Asvapati Kaikeya on the nature of Vaisvânara
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The Agni-like, Arka-like, Uktha-like Purusha
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