[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) › 29.8 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 29.8 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 29.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [29.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.1) stoma atiśaṃsam prātaḥ savaneṣu śastvā ahīna sūktāni madhyaṃdineṣu śaṃsanti caturviṃśe abhijit viṣuvati bṛhat pṛṣṭhe viśvajiti mahāvratīye ahan / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam)) > Having recited beyond the stoma at the morning pressings, they recite ahīna hymns at the midday \[pressings\] on the twenty-fourth \[day\], the Abhijit, the Viṣuvant, the Bṛhat-pṛṣṭha, the Viśvajit, and the Mahāvrata day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.2) ahīno hy etāny ahāni / > For these days are ahīna \[days\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.3) tad yad ahīna sūktāni madhyaṃdineṣu śaṃsanti / > As to why they recite ahīna hymns at the midday \[pressings\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.4) parāñcīni vā etāny ahāny abhyāvartīni / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam)) > these days indeed depart, turning away, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.5) na it pāñco agāma iti / > \[and they recite them thinking:\] 'Lest we depart away.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.6) ahīna sūktāni śastvā aikāhikībhiḥ paridadhati / > Having recited the ahīna hymns, they conclude with \[verses\] belonging to the one-day rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.7) pratiṣṭhā vā ekāhaḥ pratiṣṭhityā eva / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam)) > The one-day rite is indeed a firm foundation; \[it is\] just for firm foundation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.10) pāṅktāḥ paśavaḥ / > Cattle are fivefold; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.11) paśūnām eva āptyai / > \[it is\] just for the attainment of cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.12) catvāri catvāri sūktāni brāhmaṇācchaṃsī ca acchāvākaś ca śaṃsataḥ sarveṣu chandomeṣu / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam)) > Both the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin and the Acchāvāka recite four hymns each on all the Chandoma \[days\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.13) paśavo vai chandomāḥ / > The Chandomas are indeed cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.14) catuṣṭayā vai paśavaḥ / > Cattle are fourfold, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.15) atho catuṣpādāḥ paśūnām eva āptyai / > and four-footed; \[it is\] just for the attainment of cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.16) pañca āhāvāni śastrāṇi / > The recitations have five calls. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.17) paśavo vā ukthāni / > The ukthas are indeed cattle; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.18) pāṅktāḥ paśavaḥ / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam)) > cattle are fivefold; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.19) paśūnām eva āptyai / > \[it is\] just for the attainment of cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.20) aikāhikā ukthya yājyāḥ / > The offering verses for the ukthya belong to the one-day rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.21) pratiṣṭhā vā ekāhaḥ pratiṣṭhityā eva / > The one-day rite is indeed a firm foundation; \[it is\] just for firm foundation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.22) anuvaṣaṭ kurvanty āhutīnām eva śāntyai / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam)) > They pronounce the secondary vaṣaṭ-call just for the appeasement of the oblations, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8.23) āhutīnām pratiṣṭhityā āhutīnām pratiṣṭhityai / (soma: hotraka śastrāṇi(mādhyaṃdina savanam)) > for the firm foundation of the oblations, for the firm foundation of the oblations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.29.8.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.29.8) · Pramāṇa