[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) › 26.1.1 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.1.1 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 26.1.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [26.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.1.1) dvātriṃśī prathamo māso dvātriṃśy uttamaḥ / > xxvi. 1. The first month has thirty-two (days), the last thirty-two; the Anuṣṭubh has thirty-two syllables; the Anuṣṭubh is speech; thus with speech they advance, in speech they conclude. There are two months of twenty-eight days on both sides of the Viṣuvant (day); the Uṣṇih has twenty-eight syllables; the neck is connected with the Uṣṇih. Now the Viṣuvant is the head of the sacrifice; verily thus having produced a neck they fit the head upon it. They say 'Of which of the two sets of days is it (the head), of the previous or the subsequent?' 'Neither of the previous nor of the subsequent,' they say. Of both sets of days is it (the head); both sets of days are its. They say 'How many sets of six days are in the year?' There are sixty six-day sets; thus the course of the year by six-day sets is unbroken. Those who yoke thus the days of the year, they attain those desires which are in the year. Those who yoke them otherwise than that, they attain not those desires which are in the year. Now some perform the months in the forward order only, and the days in the forward order, (saying) 'We are mounting the year in the forward direction in both ways.' 'The months alone should be reversed, not the days,' some (hold), saying 'The months are reversed in that this Pṛṣṭhya Ṣaḍaha comes round again from the back.' Others say 'The Trivṛt and the Trayastriñca Stomas are characterized by being at a great distance; it is as if from a mountain peak one should fall into a pit; that is a cleaving of the Stomas, therefore the days alone should be reversed, and not the months, to prevent cleaving of the Stomas.' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 25.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.14.22) - [Next: 26.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.1.2) - [Up: 26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.1) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.26.p3) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.26.1.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.1.1) · Pramāṇa