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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 1 (3.1.1)
Janaka, [king] of Videha, sacrificed with a sacrifice at which many presents were distributed. Brahmans of the Kurupaiicalas were gathered together there, In this Janaka of Videha there arose a desire to know which of these Brahmans was the most learned in scripture. He enclosed a thousand cows. To the horns of each ten padas [of gold] were bound.
Katha Upanishad
First Vallī (1)
VÂGASRAVASA, desirous (of heavenly rewards), surrendered (at a sacrifice) all that he possessed. He had a son of the name of Nakiketas.
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 4 (5)
He said to him: 'No one but a true Brâhmana would thus speak out. Go and fetch fuel, friend, I shall initiate you. You have not swerved from the...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 1: The Buddha Land (8)
At that time there was in Vaisali a son of a wealthy merchant named Ratnakuta, [heap of treasure]. He came to worship the Blessed One together with...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka V, Khanda 11 (5)
When they arrived (the king) ordered proper presents to be made separately to each of them. And rising the next morning he said: 'In my kingdom there...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 6 (1)
'Agni will declare to you another foot of Brahman.' (After these words of the bull), Satyakâma, on the morrow, drove the cows (toward the house of...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 2 (3)
The other replied: 'Fie, necklace and carriage be thine, O Sûdra, together with the cows.' Then Gânasruti Pautrâyana took again a thousand cows, a...
Katha Upanishad
First Vallī (16)
The generous, being satisfied, said to him: I give thee now another boon; that fire-sacrifice shall be named after thee, take also this many-coloured...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 2 (1)
Then Gânasruti Pautrâyana took six hundred cows, a necklace, and a carriage with mules, went to Raikva and said:
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 8 (1)
'A diver-bird (Madgu, meant for Prâna) will declare to you another foot of Brahman.' (After these words of the Hamsa), Satyakâma, on the morrow,...
Mundaka Upanishad
Second Mundaka, First Khanda (6)
From him come the Rik, the Sâman, the Yagush, the Dîkshâ (initiatory rites), all sacrifices and offerings of animals, and the fees bestowed on...
Diamond Sutra
Chapter 1 (2)
Upon a memorable occasion, the Lord Buddha sojourned in the kingdom of Shravasti, lodging in the grove of Jeta, a park within the imperial domain,...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 17 (9)
That sacrifice is inclined towards the north (in the right way) in which there is a Brahman priest who knows this. And with regard to such a Brahman...
Bhagavad Gita
Karma Yoga (3.20)
By action only, indeed, did Janaka and others try to attain perfection. Even with a view to the protection of the masses thou shouldst perform...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 6: The Inconceivable Liberation (5)
Then Vimalakirti, the wealthy householder, asked Manjusri : “ Thou hast been to countless asamkhyeya countries, even tens of thousands of millions ;...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka I, Khanda 11 (3)
Only as much wealth as you give to them, so much give to me also.' The sacrificer assented....
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 2 (2)
'Raikva, here are six hundred cows, a necklace, and a carriage with mules; teach me the deity which you worship.'
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka IV, Khanda 17 (5)
If the sacrifice is injured from the Yagur-veda side, let him offer a libation in the Dakshina fire, saying, Bhuvah, Svâhâ! Thus does he bind...