Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.476

v2.c4.s2.476

2. Brāhmaṇa, ‘religious explanation,’¹ is the title of a class of books which as such are only mentioned in the Nirukta² and the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka,³ and then in the Sūtras, where the names of the Brāhmaṇas occur, showing that literary works were in existence.