[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) › 26.2.15 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 26.2.15 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 26.2.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [26.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.2.15) atho prāṇa apānau vai go āyuṣī / (soma: chandomāh) > perform the Go and Āyus as inverted; the Go and Āyus are day and night; day and night are inverted towards each other; moreover the Go and Āyus are sky and earth; sky and earth are inverted towards each other; moreover the Go and Āyus are expiration and inspiration; expiration and inspiration, being inverted, find support in each other. Some perform them in the forward order, saying 'The Go and Āyus should be performed in the forward direction; the Abhiplava Stomas are reversed, and the Pṛṣṭhya Stomas in the ten-night (period).' They say 'The Go and Āyus are the second and the third day.' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 26.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.2.14) - [Next: 26.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.2.16) - [Up: 26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.2) ## 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.p5) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.26.2.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.2.15) · Pramāṇa