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The is notable as one of the oldest prose (non-. Linguistically, it belongs to the Brahmana period of Vedic Sanskrit , dated to the first half of the 1st Millennium BCE (roughly 800 BCE, Iron Age India ). Among the points of interest are the mythological sections embedded in it, including myths of creation and the Deluge of Manu . The text describes in great detail the preparation of altars, ceremonial objects, ritual recitations, and the Soma libation, along with the symbolic attributes of every aspect of the rituals. The 14 books of the Madhyandina recension can be divided into two major parts. The first 9 books have close textual commentaries, often line by line, of the first 18 books of the corresponding samhita of the Yajurveda . The following 5 books cover supplementary and ritualistically newer material, besides including the celebrated Brhadaranyaka Upanishad as most of the 14th and last book. The Shatapatha Brahmana was translated into English by Prof. Julius Eggeling , in the late 19th century, in 5 volumes published as part of the Sacred Books Of The East series. Some Hindu scholars have dated it to around have dated it to around 2000 BCE based on a reference to the Pleiades ( Krttikas ) "rising in the east" at Autumnal Equinox (ŚBM 2.1.2.1). Such dating claims not accepted in mainstream scholarship (see also Hindu Astronomy ). LITERATURE
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