[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s2.476 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.476 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.476 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s2.476](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s2.475](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.475) - [Next: v2.c4.s2.477](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.477) - [Up: v2.c4.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.476](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.476) · Pramāṇa