[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) › 2.6 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 2.6 Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.6) ŚĀ 2,6 athaitāni caturuttarāṇi śaṃsati tad anūkam | tā ekaviṃśatir ṛco bhavanti | ekaviṃśatir vā asyānūkasya parvāṇi bhavanti | tānyevaitābhiḥ saṃdadhāti | tāni vai sapta tṛcāni bhavanti | sapta vai chandāṃsi sarveṣām eva chandasām āptyai | tānyarkavanti bhavanti | tad etasyāhno rūpam || > ŚĀ 2.6 > Then he recites these \[verses\] increasing by four: that is the backbone. They are twenty-one verses. Twenty-one indeed are the joints of this backbone. He unites them with these \[verses\]. They are seven triplets. Seven indeed are the metres, for the attainment of all the metres. They contain the word arka. That is the form of this day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.5) - [Next: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.7) - [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.2.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.3.16) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.6) · Pramāṇa