[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) › 19.5.4 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 19.5.4 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 19.5.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [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) - [Previous: 19.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.3) - [Next: 19.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.5) - [Up: 19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.19.p14) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.19.5.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.19.5.4) · Pramāṇa