शतपथब्राह्मण

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Monier-Williams

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

शतपथब्राह्मण/ शत--पथ---ब्राह्मण n. " the ब्राह्मणwith a -hhundred paths or sections " N. of a well-known ब्राह्मणattached to the वाजसनेयि-संहिताor White यजुर्-वेद, (like the संहिता, this ब्राह्मणis ascribed to the ऋषियाज्ञवल्क्य; it is perhaps the most modern of the ब्राह्मणs , and is preserved in two शाखाs or schools , माध्यंदिनand काण्व; the version belonging to the former is best known , and is divided into fourteen काण्डs or books which contain one hundred अध्यायs or lectures [or according to another arrangement into sixty-eight प्रपाठकs] ; the whole work is regarded as the most systematic and interesting of all the ब्राह्मणs , and though intended mainly for ritual and sacrificial purposes , is full of curious mythological details and legends ; See. यजुर्-वेद, विजसनेयिसंहिता, ब्राह्मण) IW. 25 etc.