Aitareya Brahmana

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The Aitareya Brahmana (AB, rarely also known as Ashvalayana Brahmana) is a ritualistic Vedic text in Vedic Sanskrit language. This Brahmana is associated with the Rigveda in the Shakala shakha.

It is believed to have been composed around 600 BC.^{[citation needed]} It deals principally with the explanation of Mantras and ritual action occurring in Soma sacrifices. Sections (pancaka) 1-5 are older than sections 6-8. The first five were composed in the western part of North India, the last 3 in the east (Audh, Bihar).^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Editions

• Theodor Aufrecht, Das Aitareya Braahmana. Mit Auszügen aus dem Commentare von Sayanacarya und anderen Beilagen, Bonn 1879.

[edit] External links

• TITUS etext