Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43), Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], at sacred-texts.com
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INTRODUCTION | |
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The Building of the Sacred Fire-altar (continued). |
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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) | |
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Ritavyâ (2) | |
Srishti (27) | |
Lokamprinâ | |
Fifth Layer:-- | |
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 |
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Vikarnî (1) | |
Svayamâtrinnâ (1) | |
Sâmans sung thereon | |
Scattering of 100 chips of gold on altar | |
Symbolical meaning of layers | |
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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 | |
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 | |
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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 | |
The true Brahman, the Self, the golden Purusha | |
The sacrificial horse (Pragâpati), the universe | |
Death, the ultimate cause | |
Death, the Arka and Asvamedha, conquered by knowledge | |
Corrections. | |
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