Shatapatha Brahmana

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Brahmana text Hindu scripture Vedic text religious text

Shatapatha Brahmana is an extensive Vedic prose text associated with the Shukla Yajurveda, detailing ritual instructions, mythological narratives, and theological interpretations central to ancient Indian sacrificial practice.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa	2
Satapatha Brahmana	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Brahmana text ⓘ Hindu scripture ⓘ Vedic text ⓘ religious text ⓘ
associatedWith	Shukla Yajurveda NERFINISHED ⓘ Yajurveda NERFINISHED ⓘ
attributedTo	Yajnavalkya tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
canonicalStatus	authoritative in Śukla Yajurveda schools ⓘ
contains	mythological narratives ⓘ ritual instructions ⓘ theological interpretations ⓘ
describes	construction of altars ⓘ ritual sequences ⓘ roles of priests ⓘ sacrificial formulas ⓘ
explains	cosmological myths ⓘ origin of the universe ⓘ social and ritual duties ⓘ symbolism of sacrifice ⓘ
focusesOn	Agnicayana ritual NERFINISHED ⓘ Agnihotra ritual ⓘ Soma sacrifice ⓘ Vedic sacrifice ⓘ fire rituals ⓘ
genre	prose ⓘ
hasVersion	Kanva Shatapatha Brahmana NERFINISHED ⓘ Madhyandina Shatapatha Brahmana NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes	etiological myths ⓘ explanations of mantras ⓘ interpretations of rites ⓘ
influenced	Brihadaranyaka Upanishad NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Vedic Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Vedic corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ Śruti literature ⓘ
preservedIn	oral tradition ⓘ
region	ancient India NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Atharvaveda NERFINISHED ⓘ Rigveda NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaveda NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
sourceFor	Vedic ritual practice ⓘ history of Vedic religion ⓘ
structure	kandas ⓘ
studiedIn	Indology NERFINISHED ⓘ Vedic studies ⓘ
timePeriod	late Vedic period ⓘ
tradition	Śrauta ritual ⓘ
usedBy	Vedic priests ⓘ
usedIn	Śukla Yajurveda ritual schools ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brahmana → hasPart → Shatapatha Brahmana ⓘ

Ashvamedha → describedIn → Shatapatha Brahmana ⓘ

Rajasuya → associatedWithText → Shatapatha Brahmana ⓘ

Matsya → scripturalSource → Shatapatha Brahmana ⓘ

Brahmanas → hasPart → Shatapatha Brahmana ⓘ

Shukla Yajurveda → hasCommentary → Shatapatha Brahmana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad → associatedWith → Shatapatha Brahmana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

Shraddhadeva Manu → narrativeSource → Shatapatha Brahmana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Satapatha Brahmana

Videha → mentionedIn → Shatapatha Brahmana ⓘ