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.
353 Three S4vitra offerings (performed daily for a year) . 355 Brahman lute-player sings three gath4s 356 Horse and keepers sent to range the quarters . 359
CONTENTS.
The P4riplava Akhy4na, or revolving legend
Prakrama and Dhriti oblations
Raganya lute-player sings three gath4s
DikshA, or Initiation cs end of year)
Sutya-days .
The set of twenty-one sacrificial stakes
The chanting of Gotama’s Katushfoma
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The Sastras and Stotras of the Central (Bkavines)
day . . .
The animal sacrifices of that day
The Adhrigu litany . .
The Mahishi and the Horse
Colloquy of priests, chamberlain and women
Brahmodya of priests
The first Mahiman Cup of Soma
The offering of the omenta (vap4) .
The second Mahiman Cup of Soma
The Stotras of the third (Atirftra) day
Various Arrangements of the Asvamedha Chants .
Offering of barren cows . . .
Animal sacrifices performed in following year .
The Purushamedha, or Human Sacrifice
Animal sacrifices .
The (symbolical) human victims .
Purusha-Nfrayama litany (Parusha-stia).
Traidhatavt offering . .
Uttara-Nfrdyana litany . .
Enumeration of the human victims .
The Sarvamedha, or All-Sacrifice . .
The ten Suty4-days thereof. .
Funeral Ceremonies . . .
Burial-ground (smasina) . .
Locality of the tomb. : .
Form and size of the tomb. .
Preparation (sweeping, ploughing, sowing) of the site
Depositing of charred bones . .
Arranging of bones limb by limb
Body completed by bricks, like bird-shaped altar
Height of sepulchral mound . .
Driving in of pins marking site of mound
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Furrows, dug south and north, filled with (nile and)
water. . 437 Passing the northern ones on three ¢ stones thrown in by each . . . . - 437 Purification by Apamarga plants and bath © 6 438 Home-going,and offering to Agni Ayushmat on housefire . 439
Depositing of clod midway between grave “and village 440
FOURTEENTH KAWDA.
The Pravargya. . . 441 Sacrificial session performed by the gods at Kurukshetra . . . . . . - 441 Vishnu excels and becomes overweening . . - 442 Bowstring, gnawed by ants, cuts off his head. . 442 The names ‘Gharma, Pravargya, Mahavira, Samrag’ explained . . . . - 442 Vishmu’s body divided between the gods . . 443 Dadhya#é Atharvana warned by Indra not to teach the sweet doctrine. . 444
His head cut off by Indra, and restored by the Asvins 445 Rule of abstinence observed when teaching the
Pravargya . . 446 Collecting materials for making the Mahdvira pot . 447 Pragfpati, as the boar Emfisha, raises the Earth . 451 The making of the Mahfvira vessels in shed. + 453 The fumigating and baking of the vessels . - 456 Depositing of vessels and implements in front of
. 446 Collecting materials for making the Mahdvira pot . 447 Pragfpati, as the boar Emfisha, raises the Earth . 451 The making of the Mahfvira vessels in shed. + 453 The fumigating and baking of the vessels . - 456 Depositing of vessels and implements in front of
Garhapatya .. ‘ . ee - 458 The Hotr#’s recitation . . 7 . - 459 Sprinkling of pot with lustral water . . 460 The Mah4vira’s (imperial) Throne-seat south of Ahavantya . . . . - 461 The pot anointed with ghee : eee 462 The pot set down on mound upon buming reedsheaths. . . 463
The Sacrificer invoking blessings upon the earth - 464 Pieces of Vikankata wood laid round, and a gold plant upon the pot. . . . . - 466 xii
CONTENTS.
Fanning of the fire with three pieces of antelope’ skin
till aglow . . . ‘
Revering of the heated pot with the Avakésa verses .
Offering of the first Rauhiza cake. . . .
Samrag-cow tied and milked .
The pot lifted from the fire and placed on the tray .
Cooling of pot with goat’s milk ; and pouring in of
cow’s milk . .
Oblations made by (muttering) the (twelve) wind-names
Pouring of spilt milk and ghee from tray into pot
Oblation to Asvins . . ee ee
Anumantraza to the rising milk . . . .
Mahfvira pot placed on mound sy.
Offering ofthe steeped Vikankata chips (to Pdshan, &e. )
Pouring of remaining milk from pot into tray .
Offering of the second Rauhiza cake . . .
Sacrificer drinks the remaining Gharma . . .
Cleansing, and performance of Upasad_. . .
Rules for priests as to how and for whom to perform
the Pravargya . . . .
PravargyotsAdana, or ‘ setting out” of the implements
Kindling of bundles of faggots, and offering thereon .
Procession led by Prastotr? singing a Saman . .
Arrangement of apparatus in form of human body .
Singing of Varshahara-siman and departure .
Mode of performance at continued Soma-sacrifices .
Dakshinâs, or sacrificial fees. . . .
Expiatory ceremonies in case of breaking of Pot
Laudation of Pravargya . . . .
Invex To Parts III, IV, anp V (Vots. XLI, XLII, anp XLIV)
Additions and Corrections .
Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East . : .
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INTRODUCTION.
THE present volume completes the theoretic exposition of the sacrificial ceremonial, and thus brings us to the end of our task. The remaining six chapters of the last book of the Brahmava form the so-called Brzhad-drazyaka, or great forest-treatise, which, as one of the ten primitive Upanishads, is included in Professor F. Max Miiller’s translation of those old theosophic treatises, published in the present series. The portion of the work contained in this volume forms practically a continuation of the first five kaxdas, the intervening five books being devoted to the consideration of the Agninayana, or construction of the sacred brick-altar, which had come to be recognised as an important preliminary to the Soma-sacrifice. The circumstances which seem to have led to this somewhat peculiar distribution of the different sections of the work have been explained in the introduction to the first volume of the translation. As was there shown, the inclusion of the Agnizayana in the sacrificial system of the Vagasaneyins, or theologians of the White Yagus, appears to have resulted in a definite settlement of the sacrificial texts of the ordinary ritual, as contained in the first eighteen adhy4yas of the Vagasaneyisamhita, as well as of the dogmatic explanation of that ritual as given in the first nine kAzdas of the Satapathabrahmaza. Considerable portions of the remaining sections of both works may have been, and very likely were, already in existence at the time of that settlement, but, being excluded from the regular ceremonial, they were naturally more liable to subsequent modifications and additions than
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those earlier sections which remained in constant use. Whilst the tenth k4da, included in the preceding volume of the translation, consisted of speculations on the sacred fire-altar, as representing Purusha-Pragapati and the divine body of the Sacrificer—whence that book is called the Agnirahasya, or mystery of the fire-altar—the present volume contains the supplementary sections connected with the sacrificial ceremonial proper.
353 Three S4vitra offerings (performed daily for a year) . 355 Brahman lute-player sings three gath4s 356 Horse and keepers sent to range the quarters . 359
CONTENTS.
The P4riplava Akhy4na, or revolving legend
Prakrama and Dhriti oblations
Raganya lute-player sings three gath4s
DikshA, or Initiation cs end of year)
Sutya-days .
The set of twenty-one sacrificial stakes
The chanting of Gotama’s Katushfoma
.
PAGE
301-370
The Sastras and Stotras of the Central (Bkavines)
day . . .
The animal sacrifices of that day
The Adhrigu litany . .
The Mahishi and the Horse
Colloquy of priests, chamberlain and women
Brahmodya of priests
The first Mahiman Cup of Soma
The offering of the omenta (vap4) .
The second Mahiman Cup of Soma
The Stotras of the third (Atirftra) day
Various Arrangements of the Asvamedha Chants .
Offering of barren cows . . .
Animal sacrifices performed in following year .
The Purushamedha, or Human Sacrifice
Animal sacrifices .
The (symbolical) human victims .
Purusha-Nfrayama litany (Parusha-stia).
Traidhatavt offering . .
Uttara-Nfrdyana litany . .
Enumeration of the human victims .
The Sarvamedha, or All-Sacrifice . .
The ten Suty4-days thereof. .
Funeral Ceremonies . . .
Burial-ground (smasina) . .
Locality of the tomb. : .
Form and size of the tomb. .
Preparation (sweeping, ploughing, sowing) of the site
Depositing of charred bones . .
Arranging of bones limb by limb
Body completed by bricks, like bird-shaped altar
Height of sepulchral mound . .
Driving in of pins marking site of mound
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Furrows, dug south and north, filled with (nile and)
water. . 437 Passing the northern ones on three ¢ stones thrown in by each . . . . - 437 Purification by Apamarga plants and bath © 6 438 Home-going,and offering to Agni Ayushmat on housefire . 439
Depositing of clod midway between grave “and village 440
FOURTEENTH KAWDA.
The Pravargya. . . 441 Sacrificial session performed by the gods at Kurukshetra . . . . . . - 441 Vishnu excels and becomes overweening . . - 442 Bowstring, gnawed by ants, cuts off his head. . 442 The names ‘Gharma, Pravargya, Mahavira, Samrag’ explained . . . . - 442 Vishmu’s body divided between the gods . . 443 Dadhya#é Atharvana warned by Indra not to teach the sweet doctrine. . 444
His head cut off by Indra, and restored by the Asvins 445 Rule of abstinence observed when teaching the
Pravargya . . 446 Collecting materials for making the Mahdvira pot . 447 Pragfpati, as the boar Emfisha, raises the Earth . 451 The making of the Mahfvira vessels in shed. + 453 The fumigating and baking of the vessels . - 456 Depositing of vessels and implements in front of
. 446 Collecting materials for making the Mahdvira pot . 447 Pragfpati, as the boar Emfisha, raises the Earth . 451 The making of the Mahfvira vessels in shed. + 453 The fumigating and baking of the vessels . - 456 Depositing of vessels and implements in front of
Garhapatya .. ‘ . ee - 458 The Hotr#’s recitation . . 7 . - 459 Sprinkling of pot with lustral water . . 460 The Mah4vira’s (imperial) Throne-seat south of Ahavantya . . . . - 461 The pot anointed with ghee : eee 462 The pot set down on mound upon buming reedsheaths. . . 463
The Sacrificer invoking blessings upon the earth - 464 Pieces of Vikankata wood laid round, and a gold plant upon the pot. . . . . - 466 xii
CONTENTS.
Fanning of the fire with three pieces of antelope’ skin
till aglow . . . ‘
Revering of the heated pot with the Avakésa verses .
Offering of the first Rauhiza cake. . . .
Samrag-cow tied and milked .
The pot lifted from the fire and placed on the tray .
Cooling of pot with goat’s milk ; and pouring in of
cow’s milk . .
Oblations made by (muttering) the (twelve) wind-names
Pouring of spilt milk and ghee from tray into pot
Oblation to Asvins . . ee ee
Anumantraza to the rising milk . . . .
Mahfvira pot placed on mound sy.
Offering ofthe steeped Vikankata chips (to Pdshan, &e. )
Pouring of remaining milk from pot into tray .
Offering of the second Rauhiza cake . . .
Sacrificer drinks the remaining Gharma . . .
Cleansing, and performance of Upasad_. . .
Rules for priests as to how and for whom to perform
the Pravargya . . . .
PravargyotsAdana, or ‘ setting out” of the implements
Kindling of bundles of faggots, and offering thereon .
Procession led by Prastotr? singing a Saman . .
Arrangement of apparatus in form of human body .
Singing of Varshahara-siman and departure .
Mode of performance at continued Soma-sacrifices .
Dakshinâs, or sacrificial fees. . . .
Expiatory ceremonies in case of breaking of Pot
Laudation of Pravargya . . . .
Invex To Parts III, IV, anp V (Vots. XLI, XLII, anp XLIV)
Additions and Corrections .
Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East . : .
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INTRODUCTION.
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INTRODUCTION.
THE present volume completes the theoretic exposition of the sacrificial ceremonial, and thus brings us to the end of our task. The remaining six chapters of the last book of the Brahmava form the so-called Brzhad-drazyaka, or great forest-treatise, which, as one of the ten primitive Upanishads, is included in Professor F. Max Miiller’s translation of those old theosophic treatises, published in the present series. The portion of the work contained in this volume forms practically a continuation of the first five kaxdas, the intervening five books being devoted to the consideration of the Agninayana, or construction of the sacred brick-altar, which had come to be recognised as an important preliminary to the Soma-sacrifice. The circumstances which seem to have led to this somewhat peculiar distribution of the different sections of the work have been explained in the introduction to the first volume of the translation. As was there shown, the inclusion of the Agnizayana in the sacrificial system of the Vagasaneyins, or theologians of the White Yagus, appears to have resulted in a definite settlement of the sacrificial texts of the ordinary ritual, as contained in the first eighteen adhy4yas of the Vagasaneyisamhita, as well as of the dogmatic explanation of that ritual as given in the first nine kAzdas of the Satapathabrahmaza. Considerable portions of the remaining sections of both works may have been, and very likely were, already in existence at the time of that settlement, but, being excluded from the regular ceremonial, they were naturally more liable to subsequent modifications and additions than
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those earlier sections which remained in constant use. Whilst the tenth k4da, included in the preceding volume of the translation, consisted of speculations on the sacred fire-altar, as representing Purusha-Pragapati and the divine body of the Sacrificer—whence that book is called the Agnirahasya, or mystery of the fire-altar—the present volume contains the supplementary sections connected with the sacrificial ceremonial proper.
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