[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Āraṇyakas (forest texts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka) › [Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki) › 2.2 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 2.2 Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.2) ŚĀ 2,2 athetāni śīrṣṇyāni śaṃsati | tāni vai trīṇi tṛcāni bhavanti | trīṇi vā asya śīrṣṇaḥ kapālāni bhavanti | tānyevaitaiḥ saṃdadhāti | tāni trīṇi punarevaikaṃ tredhā tredhā tā nava ṛco bhavanti | nava vai śirasi prāṇāḥ | tānyarkavanti bhavanti | tad etasyāhno rūpam || > ŚĀ 2.2 > Then he recites these head verses. They are three triplets. Three indeed are the skull-bones of this head. He unites them with these \[verses\]. Those three again \[become\] three times three individually; they are nine verses. Nine indeed are the breaths in the head. They contain the word arka. That is the form of this day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.1) - [Next: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.3) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki~en-mt.2.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanīyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.sankhayaniyopanisad.3.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.2) · Pramāṇa