[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) › 4.6.17 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 4.6.17 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 4.6.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.6.17) sākam samprayajante / > iv. 9. Next as to the Sākaṁprasthāyya sacrifice. He who means to proceed with the Sākaṁprasthāyya begins on the same new moon night; the explanation of it has been given. It is a sacrifice for one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism; with it should one desiring pre-eminence, desiring heroism, sacrifice. In that together they move forward, together they sacrifice, together they eat, therefore is it called Sākaṁprasthāyya (moving forward together). > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 4.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.6.16) - [Next: 4.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.6.18) - [Up: 4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.6) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.4.p11) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.4.6.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.4.6.17) · Pramāṇa