The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c17.105

v1.c17.105

In the case of the Taittirīya there is a Brāhmaṇa which is a supplementary work, dealing with matter not taken up in the Saṃhitā. The White school has the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā and the Çatapatha Brāhmaṇa, the latter being one of the most important works in the whole Vedic literature. Finally, there is the Saṃhitā of the Atharvaveda, which is technically reckoned as appertaining to the Brāhman, the priest who in the later state of the ritual superintends the whole of the sacrifice, and which is a curious repository of most mingled matter, for the most part spells of every kind, but containing also theosophical hymns of considerable importance.