[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) › 28.6.23 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 28.6.23 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 28.6.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.6.23) medhātithir yājyāḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(prātaḥ savanam)) > xxviii. 8. Then comes the consideration of the Praiṣas for the season (sacrifices). Kaṇva it was who saw the Praiṣas for the seasonal (sacrifices); and Medhātithi the offering verses; Medhātithi is a descendant of Kaṇva. With this the two smote away evil. He who desires 'May I smite away death, the evil,' should sacrifice with these. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 28.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.6.22) - [Next: 28.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.6.24) - [Up: 28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.6) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.28.p13) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.28.6.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.28.6.23) · Pramāṇa