[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) › 4.5.1-6 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 4.5.1-6 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 4.5.1-6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.5.1) atha ata iḍādadhasya / > iv. 5. Next as to the Iḍādadha sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Iḍādadha sacrifice begins on the same full moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring cattle or desiring proper food. With it should one desiring cattle or one desiring proper food sacrifice; verily in it thus also does he perform the vows, for it is a combination of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.5.2) iḍādadhena iṣyann etasyām eva paurṇamāsyām prayuṅkte tasyā uktam brāhmaṇam / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > iv. 5. Next as to the Iḍādadha sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Iḍādadha sacrifice begins on the same full moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring cattle or desiring proper food. With it should one desiring cattle or one desiring proper food sacrifice; verily in it thus also does he perform the vows, for it is a combination of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.5.3) sa eṣa paśu kāmasya anna adya kāmasya yajñaḥ / > iv. 5. Next as to the Iḍādadha sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Iḍādadha sacrifice begins on the same full moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring cattle or desiring proper food. With it should one desiring cattle or one desiring proper food sacrifice; verily in it thus also does he perform the vows, for it is a combination of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.5.4) tena paśu kāmo anna adya kāmo yajeta / (Vikṛti iṣṭayah) > iv. 5. Next as to the Iḍādadha sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Iḍādadha sacrifice begins on the same full moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring cattle or desiring proper food. With it should one desiring cattle or one desiring proper food sacrifice; verily in it thus also does he perform the vows, for it is a combination of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.5.5) tatra tathā eva vratāni carati / > iv. 5. Next as to the Iḍādadha sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Iḍādadha sacrifice begins on the same full moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring cattle or desiring proper food. With it should one desiring cattle or one desiring proper food sacrifice; verily in it thus also does he perform the vows, for it is a combination of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [4.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.5.6) dākṣāyaṇa yajñasya hi samāsaḥ / > iv. 5. Next as to the Iḍādadha sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Iḍādadha sacrifice begins on the same full moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring cattle or desiring proper food. With it should one desiring cattle or one desiring proper food sacrifice; verily in it thus also does he perform the vows, for it is a combination of the Dākṣāyaṇa sacrifice. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.4.p7) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.4.5.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.5.1-6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.5.1-6) · Pramāṇa