The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c9.9

v1.c9.9

Explanations were not less required for the other Saṁhitās, and the Rigveda is dealt with in two Brāhmaṇas,⁴ the Aitareya, and the Kauṣītaki, the latter of which is far more concise than the former, though it covers in some respects a wider sphere. The Sāmaveda formed the topic of the great Pañcaviñça Brāhmaṇa¹ and the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa,² the latter of which unhappily exists only in a very imperfect text and has only in part been published, beside a large number of minor and unimportant texts styled Brāhmaṇas, of which the Ṣaḍviñça, a sort of supplement to the Pañcaviñça, and the Sāmavidhāna are of some value as dealing with magic practices of varied kinds.