[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) › 30.8.18 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 30.8.18 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 30.8.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [30.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.8.18) pāṅktāḥ ṛtavaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ / > serve) to obtain cattle. Four hymns the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin recites in the first Chandoma; the Chandomas are cattle; cattle are fourfold, and also fourfooted; verily (they serve) to obtain cattle. Five hymns the Achāvāka recites in the first Chandoma; the Chandomas are cattle; cattle are fivefold; verily (they serve) to obtain cattle. Six (they recite) in the second and third; the year has six seasons; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. The Çastras have four calls; the litanies are cattle; cattle are fourfold, and also fourfooted; verily (they serve) to obtain cattle. On the sixth day that of the Maitrāvaruṇa has five calls; the litanies are cattle; cattle are fivefold; verily (they serve) to obtain cattle. The offering verses of the litanies are from the one day (rite); the one day (rite) is a support; verily (they serve) for support. They say the second vaṣaṭ, for the healing of the libations, for the support of the libations. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 30.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.8.14) - [Next: 30.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.8.19) - [Up: 30.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.8) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.30.p16) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.30.8.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.30.8.18) · Pramāṇa