[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) › [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa) › [Shadvimshabrahmanabhashya (Sayana)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana) › 28.6 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 28.6 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) 28.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.6) nyūne candre kalāhīne sati paurṇamāsīm anumatiṃ vidyāt | yasmin darśe candramā dṛśyeta sā amāvāsyā sinīvālīti jñeyā | yadi candramāḥ saṃpūrṇaḥ dṛśyeta sā paurṇamāsī rākā | yatra tu candro na dṛśyeta sā amāvāsyā kuhūriti jñeyā | iti śrīsāyaṇācāryaviracite mādhavīye sāmavedārthaprakāśe ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇe pañcamādhyāye ṣaṣṭhaḥ khaṇḍaḥ | atha svāhākhyāṃ devatāṃ praśnapūrvakaṃ nirūpayituṃ prajāpatiṃ prati brahmavādināṃ praśnaṃ tāvadupasthāpayati— - [Previous: 28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.5) - [Next: 29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29.1) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.6.p1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.6) · Pramāṇa