[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) › 2.4.4 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 2.4.4 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 2.4.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.4.4) catasro gārhapatye / > ii. 3. ‘In the Āhavanīya only should he offer’ some say, but he should offer in all, for they are established for the offering. Four (are offered) in the Gārhapatya, four in the Anvāhāryapacana, two in the Āhavanīya; these make up ten; the Virāj consists of series of ten; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (they serve) for obtaining the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. He who offers the Agnihotra with the Virāj thus included obtains all desires. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.4.3) - [Next: 2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.4.5) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.4) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.2.p6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.2.4.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.4.4) · Pramāṇa