Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 24.p5
Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) 24.p5
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24.p5
xxiv. 2. ‘O ye All-gods, come hither; hear this my call; sit on this strew’. (The word) “strew” is a symbol of the Bṛhat.’ Then (comes) (the triplet) to Sarasvatī of Madhuchandas. ‘Let him conclude with the last verse of it; so let the morning pressing be in the one-day form’ is the rule. The Abhijit is a one-day (rite); the one-day (rite) is a support; verily (it serves) for support. ‘Thee like a car for aid’ is the strophe of the Marutvatīya; ‘This drink, O bright one, is pressed’ is the antistrophe; this is the normal one-day form; the explanation of it has been given. ‘Thou hast been born dread for impetuous strength’, having recited this of Gaurīvīti first, he inserts a Nivid in the five-verse hymn of Bṛhatī verses,
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- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit