[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) › 18.5.18 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 18.5.18 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 18.5.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.5.18) atha śākalān juhvati / (soma: aAśvina śastra) > xviii. 7. Then they offer the Çākalas. Just as a snake is rid of its old skin, or the stem from reed grass, so are they set free from all evil. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 18.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.5.17) - [Next: 18.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.5.19) - [Up: 18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.5) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.18.p15) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.18.5.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.18.5.18) · Pramāṇa