[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki) › 16.7.7 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 16.7.7 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 16.7.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.7) catuś catvāriṃśad akṣarā triṣṭup / > xvi. 7. He recites the Āgnimāruta with twenty-one calls; the four-verse Stoma, the highest of Stomas on which support is to be found, is twenty-onefold; verily (it serves) for a support. The (Çastra) is twenty-fourfold; there are twenty joinings; these make forty-four; the Triṣṭubh has forty-four syllables; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he places might and strength in the sacrificer. He recites (a hymn ) to Vaiçvānara, for a cup for Vaiçvānara has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 16.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.6) - [Next: 16.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.8) - [Up: 16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.16.p16) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.16.7.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.7.7) · Pramāṇa