[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) › 19.1.23 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 19.1.23 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 19.1.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [19.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.1.23) tad ubhayam vyuditām / > for it for Vāyu (saying), ‘Vāyu is clearly the symbol of Prajāpati.’ Others again make it for Agni as desire; Agni as desire is lord of the gods; verily (it serves) to delight all the gods. Some make the cake for the victim for Vaiçvānara; Vaiçvānara is he yonder that gives heat; verily thus they delight him. They make ready beforehand the Soma pressings for the consecration. ‘They should consecrate themselves on one day after the new moon of Taiṣa or of Māgha,’ they say; both of these views are current, but that as to Taiṣa is the more current as it were. They obtain this thirteenth additional month; the year is as great as this thirteenth month; in it verily the whole year is obtained. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 19.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.1.22) - [Next: 19.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.1.24) - [Up: 19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.1) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.19.p5) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.19.1.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.1.23) · Pramāṇa