[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) › 19.5.1-12 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 19.5.1-12 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 19.5.1-12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [19.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.1) mukham vā etat saṃvatsarasya yac caturviṃśaḥ / > xix. 8. The Caturviṅça is the beginning of the year; therefore it is an Agniṣṭoma, for the Agniṣṭoma is the beginning of the sacrifices; verily thus at the beginning they delight the year. Some make it an Ukthya, for the equipoise of the sacrifice. It has the Caturviṅça Stoma; the half months of the year are twenty-four; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. There are in it three hundred and sixty Stotriyās; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [19.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.2) tasmād agniṣṭomo bhavati / > xix. 8. The Caturviṅça is the beginning of the year; therefore it is an Agniṣṭoma, for the Agniṣṭoma is the beginning of the sacrifices; verily thus at the beginning they delight the year. Some make it an Ukthya, for the equipoise of the sacrifice. It has the Caturviṅça Stoma; the half months of the year are twenty-four; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. There are in it three hundred and sixty Stotriyās; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [19.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.3) agniṣṭomo hi yajñānām mukham / (soma: gavāmayana) > xix. 8. The Caturviṅça is the beginning of the year; therefore it is an Agniṣṭoma, for the Agniṣṭoma is the beginning of the sacrifices; verily thus at the beginning they delight the year. Some make it an Ukthya, for the equipoise of the sacrifice. It has the Caturviṅça Stoma; the half months of the year are twenty-four; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. There are in it three hundred and sixty Stotriyās; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [19.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.4) mukhata eva tat saṃvatsaram prīṇanti / > xix. 8. The Caturviṅça is the beginning of the year; therefore it is an Agniṣṭoma, for the Agniṣṭoma is the beginning of the sacrifices; verily thus at the beginning they delight the year. Some make it an Ukthya, for the equipoise of the sacrifice. It has the Caturviṅça Stoma; the half months of the year are twenty-four; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. There are in it three hundred and sixty Stotriyās; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [19.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.5) tadd ha eka ukthyam kurvanti / > xix. 8. The Caturviṅça is the beginning of the year; therefore it is an Agniṣṭoma, for the Agniṣṭoma is the beginning of the sacrifices; verily thus at the beginning they delight the year. Some make it an Ukthya, for the equipoise of the sacrifice. It has the Caturviṅça Stoma; the half months of the year are twenty-four; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. There are in it three hundred and sixty Stotriyās; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [19.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.6) yajñasya eva sabhāratāyai / (soma: gavāmayana) > xix. 8. The Caturviṅça is the beginning of the year; therefore it is an Agniṣṭoma, for the Agniṣṭoma is the beginning of the sacrifices; verily thus at the beginning they delight the year. Some make it an Ukthya, for the equipoise of the sacrifice. It has the Caturviṅça Stoma; the half months of the year are twenty-four; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. There are in it three hundred and sixty Stotriyās; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [19.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.7) tasya caturviṃśaḥ stomo bhavati / > xix. 8. The Caturviṅça is the beginning of the year; therefore it is an Agniṣṭoma, for the Agniṣṭoma is the beginning of the sacrifices; verily thus at the beginning they delight the year. Some make it an Ukthya, for the equipoise of the sacrifice. It has the Caturviṅça Stoma; the half months of the year are twenty-four; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. There are in it three hundred and sixty Stotriyās; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [19.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.8) caturviṃśatir vai saṃvatsarasya ardha māsāḥ / (soma: gavāmayana) > xix. 8. The Caturviṅça is the beginning of the year; therefore it is an Agniṣṭoma, for the Agniṣṭoma is the beginning of the sacrifices; verily thus at the beginning they delight the year. Some make it an Ukthya, for the equipoise of the sacrifice. It has the Caturviṅça Stoma; the half months of the year are twenty-four; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. There are in it three hundred and sixty Stotriyās; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [19.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.9) saṃvatsarasya eva āptyai / > xix. 8. The Caturviṅça is the beginning of the year; therefore it is an Agniṣṭoma, for the Agniṣṭoma is the beginning of the sacrifices; verily thus at the beginning they delight the year. Some make it an Ukthya, for the equipoise of the sacrifice. It has the Caturviṅça Stoma; the half months of the year are twenty-four; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. There are in it three hundred and sixty Stotriyās; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [19.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.10) tasya vai trīṇi ṣaṣṭi śatāni stotriyāṇām bhavanti / (soma: gavāmayana) > xix. 8. The Caturviṅça is the beginning of the year; therefore it is an Agniṣṭoma, for the Agniṣṭoma is the beginning of the sacrifices; verily thus at the beginning they delight the year. Some make it an Ukthya, for the equipoise of the sacrifice. It has the Caturviṅça Stoma; the half months of the year are twenty-four; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. There are in it three hundred and sixty Stotriyās; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [19.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.11) trīṇi vai ṣaṣṭi śatāni saṃvatsarasya ahnām / > xix. 8. The Caturviṅça is the beginning of the year; therefore it is an Agniṣṭoma, for the Agniṣṭoma is the beginning of the sacrifices; verily thus at the beginning they delight the year. Some make it an Ukthya, for the equipoise of the sacrifice. It has the Caturviṅça Stoma; the half months of the year are twenty-four; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. There are in it three hundred and sixty Stotriyās; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [19.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.12) tat saṃvatsarasya ahāny āpnuvanti / (soma: gavāmayana) > xix. 8. The Caturviṅça is the beginning of the year; therefore it is an Agniṣṭoma, for the Agniṣṭoma is the beginning of the sacrifices; verily thus at the beginning they delight the year. Some make it an Ukthya, for the equipoise of the sacrifice. It has the Caturviṅça Stoma; the half months of the year are twenty-four; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. There are in it three hundred and sixty Stotriyās; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ## 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.p14) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.19.5.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.1-12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.1-12) · Pramāṇa