Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 30.8
English (machine translation) 30.8
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The Maitrāvaruṇa recites five hymns each in the third pressing on all the Chandoma days.
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The Chandoma days are indeed cattle.
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Cattle are fivefold.
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It is just for the obtaining of cattle.
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The Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin recites four hymns on the first Chandoma day.
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The Chandoma days are indeed cattle.
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Cattle are indeed fourfold;
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moreover, they are four-footed, just for the obtaining of cattle.
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He recites five hymns each on the two subsequent Chandoma days.
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The Chandoma days are indeed cattle.
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Cattle are fivefold.
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It is just for the obtaining of cattle.
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The acchāvāka recites five hymns on the first Chandoma day.
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The Chandoma days are indeed cattle.
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Fivefold are the seasons, the year.
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It is just for the obtaining of the year.
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The recitations have four callings.
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The ukthas are indeed cattle.
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Cattle are indeed fourfold;
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moreover, they are four-footed, just for the obtaining of cattle.
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On the sixth day only, that of the Maitrāvaruṇa has five callings.
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The ukthas are indeed cattle.
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Cattle are fivefold.
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It is just for the obtaining of cattle.
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The offering verses of the ukthas are those belonging to the one-day rite.
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The one-day rite is indeed a support; it is for support.
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They pronounce the secondary vaṣaṭ-call, just for the appeasement of the oblations,
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for the establishing of the oblations.
Translations (1)
- Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
Linked texts (1)
- Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit