श्रीवाजसनेयि-माध्यन्दिन-शतपथब्राह्मणम्- The Satapatha Brahmana According to the Madhyandina Recension with The Vedaraprakasa Bhasya of Sayancarya Supplemented by the Commentary of Harisvamin: Set of 5 Volumes (An Old and Rare Book)

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Satapathabrahmana, the 'Brahmana, of the hundred paths,' is the most Important work in the whole range of Vedic literature. Besides its theological significance, it has enormous social, cultural and geographical importance. It belongs to the Vajasaneyi Recension of the Yajur veda, generally called White Yajurveda. Its text has been handed down to us in two recessions, viz. Kanva and Madhyandina. In the Recension of the Madhyandin, it consists of 14 Kandas, while the Kanvas have distributed them into 17 Kandas. The edition in hand presents the Madhyandina Recension.

The Madhyandina Recension of the Satapathabrahmana contains: I. Haviyajna II. Ekapadika III. Adhvara IV. Graha- nama V. Sava VI. Usasambharana VII. Hastigha'a VIII. Citi IX. Sanciti X. Agni- rahasya Astadhyayi XII. Madhyama XIII. Asvamedha XIV. Brhadaranyaka and Brhadaranyakopanisad. It has 100 adhyayas, 14 kandas, 68 prapathakas, 438 Brahmanas and 7624 kandikas. Practically it is an encyclopedia of Vedic sacrifices dealing with their procedures, liturgical formulae, significances and efficacies. At the end of the XIV kanda, its authorship has been ascribed to Yajnavalkya.

On the basis of six manuscripts and the printed editions of Dr. Weber, (1855) and Satyavrata Samasrami (1901), it is critically prepared by a team of traditional scholars. It contains the two different readings of the text: accentuated and non-accentuated. The edition presents orthodox accentuation and orthography with great authenticity. It includes the extant portions of the authoritative commentaries of Harisvamin and Sayanacarya, Vasudevabrahma's rarely available commentary on the Brhadaranyakopani- sad, with commentaries, Pasvavadanavi- veka, various readings, useful notes and illustrations.

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