A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c9.s2.45

c9.s2.45

¹ A similar ingenious remark has been made by the same savant with regard to the Aitareya and Kaushîtaki, or, as he calls it, Śânkhâyana-brâhmaṇa. The former consists of forty, the latter of thirty Adhyâyas, and it is not unlikely that the rule in Pâṇini, v. 1. 62, how to form the names of Brâhmaṇas, consisting of thirty and forty Adhyâyas, had special reference to these works. The names are "trainśâni and châtvârinśâni brâhmaṇâni;" the explanation, "trinśad adhyâyâḥ parimâṇam eshâm brâhmaṇânâm."