The Satapatha-Brâhmana, Part V — SBE Vol. 44 (trans. Julius Eggeling, 1900)
The translator’s English as printed (Julius Eggeling). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.
; ditto for Pravargya vessels, V,
449.
clod-bricks, are the regions, III, 345, 348; vital sap, 345; IV, 44; clod of earth deposited midway between a grave and the village, V, 440.
cloud, originates from smoke, III,
85; is the udder whence the
‘shower of wealth’ flows, IV,
231.
coin. See gold coin, cold, is the body of him about to die, IV, 136.
collar-bone, classed with the ribs, V, 164.
colour (outward appearance), is everything, V, 354.
commander of army. See senanf.
conception,—one born a year after conception may perform Agnidayana without having carried the Ukhya Agni for a year, IV, 274.
consecration. See anointment.
copper, piece of, put in mouth of eunuch, III, 90; melts, V, 493.
cord, is Varunic, III, 222, 236; cf.
rope. costal cartilages, IV, 114. cotton tree, (salmalia malabarica), the highest tree, V, 317. couch, no sleeping on during initiation, III, 185. counter-charm, III, 53, 371. couples, sustain the realm, IV, 230. courier. See palagala. cow, dakshin4 for first-fruits, III, 46; her Varunic nature, 51; oke-trained cow dakshin& for ndraturiya, 51; belongs to Rudra, 52; dakshina for oblation to Aditi, 60 ; cow-raid, 98; - cow and boar friendly together, 103; means these worlds, 156; has four nipples, 237; most fit to yield a livelihood, 237; when milked out is worn, 257; (or bull) created from PragApati’s breath, 402; is (the supplier of) food, 406; not to be injured, 406; milch cow (dhenu) is vigour, produced in the shape of the gagati metre, IV, 39; the bricks of altar made such, 172; milked by sitting person, 172; milk of black cow, with white calf, offered to Agni about to be laid on fire-altar, 200; black cow and white calf are night and sun, 200; cow of plenty, seen and milked by Kanva, 203 ; offering of barren cow (to Mitra-Varuna), 263-265; brings forth within a year, V, 12; cow suckling a strange calt, her milk used for offering in case of an
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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA,
Agnihotrin dying, 198; cow, wont to cast her calf, victim of Indra at Asvamedha, 300; barren cows immolated, 402, 411; tail of barren cow tied to the left arm of a dead man, 438 n.; of Pravargya, see gharmaduha.
cow-dung, smeared over fire-site, V, 1913 used for burning dead body, 202.
creation, III, 145 seq.; nine primary substances, 147.
creator. See Dhatri.
creatures (praga), produced from PragApati, the sacrifice, III, 40; in all quarters, IV, 31; Pragapati their lord, 73; Yavas and Ayavas their lords, 76.
crosswise, offering made on Svayamatrinna of completed altar, IV, 183.
crow, is untruth, V, 446.
cubit, means the (fore-)arm, V, 449.
curds and whey, sour curds, See dadhi.
cushions, wrought of gold threads, for the priests to sit on, V, 360, 361.
dadhi, sour curds, is life-sap, III, 3743 belongs to Indra, 375; a form, or the life-sap, of the earth-world, 389, 390; mixed with honey and ghee, for sprinkling completed fire-altar, IV, 182 seq.; globule of sour curds put on Samidh, as a form of cattle, 203.
dadhigharma, V, 502.
dadhi, sour curds, is life-sap, III, 3743 belongs to Indra, 375; a form, or the life-sap, of the earth-world, 389, 390; mixed with honey and ghee, for sprinkling completed fire-altar, IV, 182 seq.; globule of sour curds put on Samidh, as a form of cattle, 203.
dadhigharma, V, 502.
Dadhikr§, III, 27.
Dadhikravan, ILI, 27; V, 326.
Dadhyafé Atharvaaa, is speech, III, 218; knew the pure sacrificial essence (the Madhu), 444; is decapitated by Indra, and restored by the Asvins, 443, 444.
Daivapa. See Indrota.
Daiyampati, instructed by Sandilyâyana, IV, 273.
Dakshayana, form of Full and Newmoon sacrifice, to be performed for fifteen years, V, 5.
dakshiza (sacrificial gift), (cows), the way along which they pass, III, 99, 101;--dakshina as Apsaras, the Gandharva Yagna’s mates,
IV, 232; the sacrifice is praised for them, 233; no bargaining for, as depriving the priests of their place in heaven, 280; wins food, 285 ; no oblation without dakshina, V, 7: stand south of altar, 17; time for bringing them up at animal sacrifice, 120; are healing medicine, 217; is the glory, 446; must not be given away by the priest, at least not on the same day,
446.
Danava (Asuras), V, 95.
dandavadha, III, 108.
darbha-grass, bunch of, put on ploughed Agnikshetra, III, 332; contains food and drink, 332; grew up from waters loathing ritra, 332; IV, 44; handful put on mixture of ghee (with gold chips), sour curds and honey for sprinkling therewith with the tops) on completed re-altar, 182; a means of purification, V, 195, 274; piece of gold tied thereto and taken westwards (as the sun), 195; ditto of silver, taken eastwards (as the moon), 196 ; rope thereof for tying sacrificial horse, 2743 sepulchral mound covered therewith, 436.
darkness, after the creation of the earth, III, 319.
DarsapOrzamisa, the offerer thereof eats food every half-month in the other world, IV, 299; esoteric remarks on, V, 1 seq., 52 seq.; to be performed for thirty years (twice 360 full and new moons) thereby gaining the 360 days and nights of the year, 4, 5; first performed by Paramesh¢sin Pragapatya, 15; after him Prag4pati, Indra, Agni, and Soma, 15, 16.
Dasapeya, III, introd. xxvi; requires special offering-place, 68, 113 seq.; etymology, 114; an Agni-
shtoma, 118,
Dasaratha, king of Ayodhya, III,
97-
Dasaratra, V, 140; last day of, called avivikya, IL11, introd. xvii; compared to the seat (or
INDEX TO PARTS III, IV, AND V,
p. 529
body) of a chariot, the two shadahas being the wheels, V, 149, 155 Ney 159.
dative of purpose, III, 198.
Dauéshanti. See Bharata.
daurgaha, V, 397.
dawn, precedes the sun, III, 273.
day, a separater, IV, 89 ; originates from the light emitted by the gods when created, V, 14; the (one) day (after day) is the year, 155. :
day and night, nourish Agni, III, (271), 273; encompass the universe, 287; days and nights are endless, 352; rulers of Arya and Sddra, IV, 74, 75; are Pragapati’s joints, 281; are forms of Brahman and Kshatra, V, 286.
:
day and night, nourish Agni, III, (271), 273; encompass the universe, 287; days and nights are endless, 352; rulers of Arya and Sddra, IV, 74, 75; are Pragapati’s joints, 281; are forms of Brahman and Kshatra, V, 286.
dead man, his bones arranged in bird-form, V, 435.
Death, seizes creatures whilst in Pragfpati’s womb, IV, 67; created above (mortal) beings as their consumer, 290; searches for (the half-mortal) Prag§pati who has entered the earth, 290 ; is the year, 356 seq.; he is the ender, 356; has only the body for bis share, 357; those who do not become immortal come to life again and become the food of Death time after time, 358; Agnias Death, 365; Death is immortal, and the man in the sun, 366; Death is both the man in the sun and that in the right eye, 371, 374; is both one and many, being the man in the sun, he is numerously distributed on earth among creatures; whence also both near and far away, 372; Death becomes the self of him who knows, and makes him immortal, 374; Death, hunger, being alone in the beginning, creates Mind, 402; Arka and Asvamedha become Death, 404; creatures delivered to him, except Brahmafiarin, V, 48; deaths take place in any world, 339; oblations to Deaths, 340.
deity, only he is a deity to whom offering is made, IV, 238, 246,
(44)
266; different deities and metres identified with parts of the
body, 330, 331; the ultimate
deity not to be questioned beyond, V, 117.
Devaganavidya, the Veda of Rakshas,
368.
devasti (divine quickeners), offerings to, III, 69, 72; IV, 246.
dewy season, consists of the months Tapa and Tapasya, IV, 126; which are supreme, 126, 127; is the sky, 127; is the year’s head, 127.
dhamakdad, seat-hiding (?) verse, IV, 291.
Dhanva. See Asita.
Dharma Indra, king of the gods, V,
370.
Dhatri (creator), connected with
gods generally, and the Vis, IV,
68; lord of the seven Rishis,
73; is Pragapati, 263; the sun,
264; offering of twelve-kapala
cake to, 264.
Dhira Sataparneya, instructs Mahasala GAabala on the nature of
Agni, IV, 331.
dhishava, III, 243.
dhishnya hearths, III, 317, 318; preparation of, IV, 241; are the clansmen to the fire-altar, as chief, 241 ; consist of a single layer, 242; only with lokamprina bricks, 242 ; enumeration of, 242 n.; eight, 360.
dhrishii, fire-tongs, V, 39 n., 500.
Dhritarashera, V, 401.
dhriti, four oblations offered every evening of preliminary year of Asvamedha, V, 285, 288, 364.
dhruva-graha, III, 11.
Dhvasan Dvaitavana, king of the
Matsyas, performed the Asvamedha, V, 398.
dice, game at, III, 106, 112; V, 330.
diksha, III, 68; at Agnizayana to last a year, 181; insignia of, 185; of Agnifayana, 246 seq.; is speech, IV, 67; springs from faith (sraddha), 138; is the body of the sacrifice, 240; of seven days at Asvamedha, V, 2go seq.; twelve, 371; is the vital airs, 291; twenty-three days at Purushamedha, 403.
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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
dikshaniyeshti, III, 44; IV, 258; without samishtayagus, 258.
disim aveshéayaé, III, 120.
; ditto for Pravargya vessels, V,
449.
clod-bricks, are the regions, III, 345, 348; vital sap, 345; IV, 44; clod of earth deposited midway between a grave and the village, V, 440.
cloud, originates from smoke, III,
85; is the udder whence the
‘shower of wealth’ flows, IV,
231.
coin. See gold coin, cold, is the body of him about to die, IV, 136.
collar-bone, classed with the ribs, V, 164.
colour (outward appearance), is everything, V, 354.
commander of army. See senanf.
conception,—one born a year after conception may perform Agnidayana without having carried the Ukhya Agni for a year, IV, 274.
consecration. See anointment.
copper, piece of, put in mouth of eunuch, III, 90; melts, V, 493.
cord, is Varunic, III, 222, 236; cf.
rope. costal cartilages, IV, 114. cotton tree, (salmalia malabarica), the highest tree, V, 317. couch, no sleeping on during initiation, III, 185. counter-charm, III, 53, 371. couples, sustain the realm, IV, 230. courier. See palagala. cow, dakshin4 for first-fruits, III, 46; her Varunic nature, 51; oke-trained cow dakshin& for ndraturiya, 51; belongs to Rudra, 52; dakshina for oblation to Aditi, 60 ; cow-raid, 98; - cow and boar friendly together, 103; means these worlds, 156; has four nipples, 237; most fit to yield a livelihood, 237; when milked out is worn, 257; (or bull) created from PragApati’s breath, 402; is (the supplier of) food, 406; not to be injured, 406; milch cow (dhenu) is vigour, produced in the shape of the gagati metre, IV, 39; the bricks of altar made such, 172; milked by sitting person, 172; milk of black cow, with white calf, offered to Agni about to be laid on fire-altar, 200; black cow and white calf are night and sun, 200; cow of plenty, seen and milked by Kanva, 203 ; offering of barren cow (to Mitra-Varuna), 263-265; brings forth within a year, V, 12; cow suckling a strange calt, her milk used for offering in case of an
p. 528
SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA,
Agnihotrin dying, 198; cow, wont to cast her calf, victim of Indra at Asvamedha, 300; barren cows immolated, 402, 411; tail of barren cow tied to the left arm of a dead man, 438 n.; of Pravargya, see gharmaduha.
cow-dung, smeared over fire-site, V, 1913 used for burning dead body, 202.
creation, III, 145 seq.; nine primary substances, 147.
creator. See Dhatri.
creatures (praga), produced from PragApati, the sacrifice, III, 40; in all quarters, IV, 31; Pragapati their lord, 73; Yavas and Ayavas their lords, 76.
crosswise, offering made on Svayamatrinna of completed altar, IV, 183.
crow, is untruth, V, 446.
cubit, means the (fore-)arm, V, 449.
curds and whey, sour curds, See dadhi.
cushions, wrought of gold threads, for the priests to sit on, V, 360, 361.
dadhi, sour curds, is life-sap, III, 3743 belongs to Indra, 375; a form, or the life-sap, of the earth-world, 389, 390; mixed with honey and ghee, for sprinkling completed fire-altar, IV, 182 seq.; globule of sour curds put on Samidh, as a form of cattle, 203.
dadhigharma, V, 502.
dadhi, sour curds, is life-sap, III, 3743 belongs to Indra, 375; a form, or the life-sap, of the earth-world, 389, 390; mixed with honey and ghee, for sprinkling completed fire-altar, IV, 182 seq.; globule of sour curds put on Samidh, as a form of cattle, 203.
dadhigharma, V, 502.
Dadhikr§, III, 27.
Dadhikravan, ILI, 27; V, 326.
Dadhyafé Atharvaaa, is speech, III, 218; knew the pure sacrificial essence (the Madhu), 444; is decapitated by Indra, and restored by the Asvins, 443, 444.
Daivapa. See Indrota.
Daiyampati, instructed by Sandilyâyana, IV, 273.
Dakshayana, form of Full and Newmoon sacrifice, to be performed for fifteen years, V, 5.
dakshiza (sacrificial gift), (cows), the way along which they pass, III, 99, 101;--dakshina as Apsaras, the Gandharva Yagna’s mates,
IV, 232; the sacrifice is praised for them, 233; no bargaining for, as depriving the priests of their place in heaven, 280; wins food, 285 ; no oblation without dakshina, V, 7: stand south of altar, 17; time for bringing them up at animal sacrifice, 120; are healing medicine, 217; is the glory, 446; must not be given away by the priest, at least not on the same day,
446.
Danava (Asuras), V, 95.
dandavadha, III, 108.
darbha-grass, bunch of, put on ploughed Agnikshetra, III, 332; contains food and drink, 332; grew up from waters loathing ritra, 332; IV, 44; handful put on mixture of ghee (with gold chips), sour curds and honey for sprinkling therewith with the tops) on completed re-altar, 182; a means of purification, V, 195, 274; piece of gold tied thereto and taken westwards (as the sun), 195; ditto of silver, taken eastwards (as the moon), 196 ; rope thereof for tying sacrificial horse, 2743 sepulchral mound covered therewith, 436.
darkness, after the creation of the earth, III, 319.
DarsapOrzamisa, the offerer thereof eats food every half-month in the other world, IV, 299; esoteric remarks on, V, 1 seq., 52 seq.; to be performed for thirty years (twice 360 full and new moons) thereby gaining the 360 days and nights of the year, 4, 5; first performed by Paramesh¢sin Pragapatya, 15; after him Prag4pati, Indra, Agni, and Soma, 15, 16.
Dasapeya, III, introd. xxvi; requires special offering-place, 68, 113 seq.; etymology, 114; an Agni-
shtoma, 118,
Dasaratha, king of Ayodhya, III,
97-
Dasaratra, V, 140; last day of, called avivikya, IL11, introd. xvii; compared to the seat (or
INDEX TO PARTS III, IV, AND V,
p. 529
body) of a chariot, the two shadahas being the wheels, V, 149, 155 Ney 159.
dative of purpose, III, 198.
Dauéshanti. See Bharata.
daurgaha, V, 397.
dawn, precedes the sun, III, 273.
day, a separater, IV, 89 ; originates from the light emitted by the gods when created, V, 14; the (one) day (after day) is the year, 155. :
day and night, nourish Agni, III, (271), 273; encompass the universe, 287; days and nights are endless, 352; rulers of Arya and Sddra, IV, 74, 75; are Pragapati’s joints, 281; are forms of Brahman and Kshatra, V, 286.
:
day and night, nourish Agni, III, (271), 273; encompass the universe, 287; days and nights are endless, 352; rulers of Arya and Sddra, IV, 74, 75; are Pragapati’s joints, 281; are forms of Brahman and Kshatra, V, 286.
dead man, his bones arranged in bird-form, V, 435.
Death, seizes creatures whilst in Pragfpati’s womb, IV, 67; created above (mortal) beings as their consumer, 290; searches for (the half-mortal) Prag§pati who has entered the earth, 290 ; is the year, 356 seq.; he is the ender, 356; has only the body for bis share, 357; those who do not become immortal come to life again and become the food of Death time after time, 358; Agnias Death, 365; Death is immortal, and the man in the sun, 366; Death is both the man in the sun and that in the right eye, 371, 374; is both one and many, being the man in the sun, he is numerously distributed on earth among creatures; whence also both near and far away, 372; Death becomes the self of him who knows, and makes him immortal, 374; Death, hunger, being alone in the beginning, creates Mind, 402; Arka and Asvamedha become Death, 404; creatures delivered to him, except Brahmafiarin, V, 48; deaths take place in any world, 339; oblations to Deaths, 340.
deity, only he is a deity to whom offering is made, IV, 238, 246,
(44)
266; different deities and metres identified with parts of the
body, 330, 331; the ultimate
deity not to be questioned beyond, V, 117.
Devaganavidya, the Veda of Rakshas,
368.
devasti (divine quickeners), offerings to, III, 69, 72; IV, 246.
dewy season, consists of the months Tapa and Tapasya, IV, 126; which are supreme, 126, 127; is the sky, 127; is the year’s head, 127.
dhamakdad, seat-hiding (?) verse, IV, 291.
Dhanva. See Asita.
Dharma Indra, king of the gods, V,
370.
Dhatri (creator), connected with
gods generally, and the Vis, IV,
68; lord of the seven Rishis,
73; is Pragapati, 263; the sun,
264; offering of twelve-kapala
cake to, 264.
Dhira Sataparneya, instructs Mahasala GAabala on the nature of
Agni, IV, 331.
dhishava, III, 243.
dhishnya hearths, III, 317, 318; preparation of, IV, 241; are the clansmen to the fire-altar, as chief, 241 ; consist of a single layer, 242; only with lokamprina bricks, 242 ; enumeration of, 242 n.; eight, 360.
dhrishii, fire-tongs, V, 39 n., 500.
Dhritarashera, V, 401.
dhriti, four oblations offered every evening of preliminary year of Asvamedha, V, 285, 288, 364.
dhruva-graha, III, 11.
Dhvasan Dvaitavana, king of the
Matsyas, performed the Asvamedha, V, 398.
dice, game at, III, 106, 112; V, 330.
diksha, III, 68; at Agnizayana to last a year, 181; insignia of, 185; of Agnifayana, 246 seq.; is speech, IV, 67; springs from faith (sraddha), 138; is the body of the sacrifice, 240; of seven days at Asvamedha, V, 2go seq.; twelve, 371; is the vital airs, 291; twenty-three days at Purushamedha, 403.
p. 530
SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
dikshaniyeshti, III, 44; IV, 258; without samishtayagus, 258.
disim aveshéayaé, III, 120.
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