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	Overview of 18 Upanisads
		The Aitareya Upanisad belongs to the Rig Veda and the Upanisad proper consists of three chapters.
		This is part of the part of the Aitareya Aranyaka, and the Upanisad begins with the Fourth chapter of the second Aranyaka, and comprises Chapter IV, V and VI.
		Kausitaki-Brahmana Upanisad, also called Kausitaki Upanisad (1) does not form a part of the Kausitaki Brahmana of thirty chapters which has come down to us and the name can be accounted for by treating the Aranyaka of which it forms a part as itself included in the Brahmana literature of the Rig Veda.
	www.veda.harekrsna.cz /encyclopedia/upanisads.htm (1826 words)

	Aitareya Brahmana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Aitareya Brahmana is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Aitareya Brahmana: The Hymns of Dirghatamas in the Rig Veda
		Aitareya Brahmana: The Brahmanas and the Aranyakas in the Hindu Scriptures
	www.experiencefestival.com /aitareya_brahmana (767 words)

	culture
		Essentially the Brahmanas represent an earlier stage in the evolution of Hindu thought and metaphysics, which would later assert and define the vast and enduring principle of Brahman-Atman, in the Upanishads.
		The Aitareya Brahmana: Also known as the Ashvalayana Brahmana, it is believed to have been composed around 600 BC and is perhaps the oldest Brahmana.
		The Taittiriya Brahmana: This Brahmana is associated with the fl Yajur Veda.
	www.narasimhan.com /SK/Culture/heritage/rel_brahmana.htm (456 words)

	Veda Study - Cow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Aitareya Brahmana 1.15 refers to killing of an ox or barren cow on the occasion of arrival of a king or somebody.
		Shatapatha Brahmana 3.1.2.21 mentions that a person who is under pledge for yagna should not eat cow or ox because gods have kept the essences of all the animals in them.
		Aitareya Brahmana points out that the sun at noon is cow state and that of afternoon in horse state.
	www.angelfire.com /in4/vedastudy/cow1.html (1739 words)

	Aitareya Brahmana Dictionary
		Aitareya Brahmana Dictionary is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Aitareya Brahmana Dictionary: The Hymns of Dirghatamas in the Rig Veda
		The sacred hymns of the Brahmanas stand unparalleled in the literature of the whole world; and their preservation might well be called miraculous.
	www.experiencefestival.com /aitareya_brahmana_dictionary (630 words)

	Brahmana -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Appended to the Brahmanas are chapters written in similar language and style, but with a more philosophic content, which specifically instruct that the matter of these chapters should be taught only in the forest, away from the village.
		Of the Brahmanas handed down by the followers of the Rigveda, two have been preserved, the Aitareya Brahmana and the Kausitaki (or Sankhayana) Brahmana.
		The Brahmanas of the Yajurveda were at first inserted at various points in the texts alongside the material on which they commented.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9016157 (958 words)

	Eastern Book Company - Practical Lawyer
		The central belief in the Mimansa system was that on the performance of a particular Yagya in accordance with the rules prescribed in the Brahmanas a potency or power called 'apurva' would be created resulting in the fulfilment of the object of the Yagya, either immediately or after an interval of time.
		Since the rules in the Brahmanas according to which the yagyas had to be performed were often obscure, contradictory or ambiguous, principles of interpretation had to be evolved to explain them.
		Aitareya Brahmana (attached to the Rigveda), Taitareya Brahama (attached to the Black Yajurveda), Shatapatha Brahmana (attached to the White Yajurveda), Tandya Brahmana (attached to Sama Veda), Gopatha Brahmana (attached to the Atharwaveda), etc. The Mimansaks believed that the main part of the Shruti6 is the portion containing injunctions or vidhis.
	www.ebc-india.com /lawyer/articles/94v2a1.htm (2310 words)

	Brahma
		The name Brahma is not found in the Vedas and Brahmanas, in which the active creator is known as Hiranyagarbha, Prajapati, etc.; but there is a curious passage in the Satapatha Brahmana which says: "He (Brahma, neuter) created the gods.
		n the Aitareya Brahmana it is said that Prajapati was in the form of a buck and his daughter was Rohit, a deer.
		According to the Satapatha Brahmana and Manu, the supreme soul, the self-existent lord, created the waters and deposited in them a seed, which seed became a golden egg, in which he himself was born as Brahma, the progenitor of all the worlds.
	www.mythfolklore.net /india/encyclopedia/brahma.htm (1653 words)

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		The Kshatriya now and then contested the Brahmana claim to supremacy, and we have declarations to the effect that the Kshatriya had no superior and that the priest was only a follower of the king.
		Essentially the Brahmanas represent an earlier stage in the evolution of Hindu thought and metaphysics, which would later assert and define the vast and enduring principle of Brahman-Atman, in the.
		Also known as the Ashvalayana Brahmana, it is believed to have been composed around 600 BC and is perhaps the oldest Brahmana.
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	Vedic Origins of the Zodiac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He was the reputed purohit or chief priest of King Bharata (Aitareya Brahmana VIII.23), one of the earliest kings of the land, from which India as Bharata (the traditional name of the country) was named.
		And Mul.Apin describes the oscillation of the rising-point of the sun along the eastern horizon between its extremities when it is at the solstices; the same oscillation is described in the Aitareya Brahmana.’" This ideal calendar is the basis for the zodiac and its twelve signs at a mathematical level.
		Perhaps the main Vedic ritual given in the Brahmanas, the Gavamayana, follows the model of a year of 360 days and is divided into two halves based upon the solstices, showing that such an ‘ideal’ calendar was central to Vedic thought.
	www.vedanet.com /Zodiac.htm (3104 words)

	Vedamu.org - About Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In the Brahmanas, there is a detailed statement and explanation of various kinds of sacrifices and their ceremonies and rituals.
		The Aitareya Brahmana belongs to the Shakala sakha of the Rigveda, while the Kaushitaki (Saankhaayana) Brahmana is connected with the Sukla Yajur-Veda, and the Taittiriya Brahmana is connected with Bashkala sakha of the Rig-Veda.
		The Aitareya and Kaushitaki Aaranyakas are related to the Rig-Veda, the Taittiriya and Saankhyaayana Aaranyakas are related to the Krishna Yajur-Veda, while Brhadaaranyaka is related to Sukla Yajur-Veda.
	www.vedamu.org /VedicLiterature/english/vedaandvedicliterature/VedicLiterature.asp (6930 words)

	Builder's of Indian Civilisation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		To the Samaveda belong the Pancavimsa and Jaiminiya Brahmanas.
		The principal Upnisads are the Aitareya, the Kausitaki, the Chandogya,the Kena, the Katha, the Taittiriya, the Svetasvaara, the Isa, the Brhadaranyaka, the Mundaka, the Prasna, and the Mandukya Upnisads.
		The Rigveda, the Aitareya Brahmana, the Satapatha Brahmana, the Mahabharta and the Purana all sing his eulogies.
	www.hindunet.org /hindu_history/hist_chron_2.html (1725 words)

	Brahamana
		Apart from explaining the hymns of the Sanhitas (see Mantra), the Brahmanas also provide information about the origin and meaning of Vedic ceremonies, give instructions on the use of particular verses and metres, and describe the importance of prayers, sacrifices, and their correct observance.
		The Brahmanas associated with the Rig Veda (see Veda) are: The Aitareya Brahmana: Also known as the Ashvalayana Brahmana, it is believed to have been composed around 600 BC and is perhaps the oldest Brahmana.
		The Brahmanas associated with the Yajur Veda (see Veda) are: The Shatapatha Brahmana: This Brahmana is associated with the white Yajur Veda.
	www.gurjari.net /ico/Mystica/html/brahamana.htm (489 words)

	Chawra.Com - India
		In the west the defeats of Satvants, the descendants of Yadu, by him is recorded in the Satpatha Brahmana.
		The Aitareya Brahmana and the Mahabharata imply that he made conquests up to the river Ganga when they speak of his sacrifices on the banks ofthe sarasvati, the Yamuna, and the Ganga.
		The aitareya Brahmana further informs us that in recognition of his wide sway he ws consecrated by the celebrated rishi Dirghatamas with an exalted form of coronation rite called the Aindra Mahabhiseka, signifying universal sovereignty.
	www.chawra.com /india/indiabharat1.htm (457 words)

	Discussion on Brian Smith's 'Classifying the Universe'
		It is well-known that the Brahmana literature is full of classifications of all sorts of things, with analogies and equivalences drawn based on such classifications.
		Four are based on quotations from Satapatha Brahmana; another such is said to have a variant in Aitareya Brahmana, but the equivalences in the latter are much more limited.
		The speculations of the Brahmanas are attempts to explain the ritual practices of the time, rather than attempts to justify the rituals as they were 'conceived'.
	www.bharatvani.org /indology/briansmith.html (6865 words)

	The Hindu : Knowledge of the Self
		AITAREYA UPANISHAD - With English translation, Sanskrit, Roman transliteration and the original text: Swami Muninarayana Prasad; D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., ``Srikunj'', F52, Bali Nagar, New Delhi-110015.
		This Upanishad of the Rig Veda constitutes the fourth, fifth and the sixth chapters of the second Aranyaka of the Aitareya Brahmana and is concerned with the knowledge of Self, while the earlier chapters deal with Karma associated with meditation.
		The Rishi for this Upanishad is Mahidasa Aitareya, who was blessed by Bhudevi for his deep devotion.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/04/11/stories/1311017d.htm (244 words)

	Consciousness and Its Transformation - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		When the performance of sacrifice is over, and dakshina, the money and wealth are distributed to the priests, the half of it is given to hotar, adhvaryu and udgatar, and the other half—to brahman alone.
		So, the one who does practically nothing,— says the Aitereya Brahmana in dispute— gets the same part of dakshina as the three priests who are reciting and performing all the sacrifice.
		The hearing and sight, shrotram and cakshus, together with the speech and mind, vac and manas, were considered by the Upanishads as four pillars on which brahma-catushpad, “the Spirit on four legs”, is established firmly in the world (Chandogya Upanishad, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad) as prana, life energy.
	www.saccs.org.in /TEXTS/IP2/IP2-3.4-.htm (1768 words)

	SASNET: Dept of Religious Studies, Göteborg
		The Efficacy of Sacrifice — Correspondences in the Rigvedic Brahmanas
		The thesis focuses upon the conceptualisations of ritual efficacy in the Aitareya Brahmana, and the basic work of the thesis is made up by the inventory of all correspondences in Aitareya Brahmana pancika 1–5, and a subsequent comparison with Kausitaki Brahmana.
		The correspondences were non-obvious relations between different entities, mostly between ritual objects and gods, parts of the cosmos or the human body, and they were believed to be the efficacious links, which enabled the sacrificial acts to bring about effects outside the ritual enclosure.
	www.sasnet.lu.se /relhistgbg.html (547 words)

	Purpose and Origin of the Vedas
		The brahmana section contains descriptions of the rituals and ceremonies in which the mantras were supposed to be used.
		Professor Apte, in his dictionary, describes the Brahmana portion of the Vedas as that portion which states the rules for employment of hymns at various sacrifices and gives detailed explanations of their origin, sometimes with lengthy illustrations in the form of legends and stories.
		Since persons with names like Katha and Aitareya appear in every millennium, one should not think that before the appearance of the known Katha and Aitareya these names were meaningless words in the Vedas.
	www.veda.harekrsna.cz /encyclopedia/vedas-purpose-origin.htm (11123 words)

	A Glimpse of Vedic Literature By - Kumar Sanjay Jha
		The two Brahmanas attached to the Rg-Veda are Aitareya Brahmana and Kausitaki Brahmana.
		The Gopatha Brahmana is appended to the Atharvaveda.
		These Brahmanas, in fact, are the elaborate commentaries on the various hymns is Samhitas.
	www.ignca.nic.in /nl001802.htm (1385 words)

	Mandala Brahmana Upanishad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		BRAHMANA - II Then Yajnavalkya asked the Purusha in the sphere of the sun: “O Lord, Antar-Lakshya has been described many times, but it has never been understood by me (clearly).
		There is no difference between thee and me owing to the fullness of Paramatman’.” Saying thus, he (the Purusha of the sun) embraced his pupil and made him understand it.
		BRAHMANA - IV Then Yajnavalkya addressed the Purusha in the sphere (of the sun) thus: “Pray explain to me in detail the nature of the five-fold division of Akasa”.
	www.celextel.org /ebooks/upanishads/mandala_brahmana_upanishad.htm (3304 words)

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		Aitareya Brahmana 1.15 talks about sacrificing oxen for gods.
		In the Grahasthya Sutras, the sacrifice of cows is associated with many religious ceremonies.
		Even Sage Manu, who was dead against consuming any type of meat stated: "one may eat meat when it is sprinkled with water while mantras are receited..[Manusmriti 5:27] In the Ramayana, sage Agasthya ate a ram so that he can annihilate the demon Vatapi.
	www.belief.net /boards_mini/index.asp?pageID=3&boardID=4556 (1382 words)

	Sakhas now Studied from the Chapter "The Vedas", in Hindu Dharma : kamakoti.org:
		The Aitareya Brahmana and the Kausitaki Brahmana (also called Sankhayana Brahmana) of the Rgveda are still available to us.
		The Aitareya Upanisad and the Kausitaki Upanisad, which are part of the Aranyakas belonging to these, are still extant.
		Of the Krsna- Yajurveda the Taittiriya Brahmana alone is extant.
	www.kamakoti.org /hindudharma/part5/chap38.htm (2475 words)

	A Tribute to Hinduism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Samhitas are considered the Vedas proper; the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas and the Upanishads are periodic additions, made by way of growing with the changing times.
		There are 10-12 principal Upanishads: the Chandogya, the Brihadaranyaka, the Aitareya and the Kaushitaki, forming the end part of the Rig Veda.
		It grows in search of this truth through the Brahmanas and the Aranyakas and ultimately in the Upanishads, that truth is arrived at and declared to the world.
	www.atributetohinduism.com /articles_hinduism/209.htm (806 words)

	Introduction to The Principal upaniShads (Contd.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Many of the brAhmaNa texts are devoted to the exposition of the mystic significance of the various elements of the ritual.
		It is possible that certain sacred rites were performed in the seclusion of the forests where teachers and pupils meditated on the significance of these rites.
		While the student (brahmacArin) reads the hymns, the house-holder (gRhastha) attends to the brAhmaNas which speak of the daily duties and sacrificial ceremonies, the hermit, the man of the forest (vAnaprastha), discusses the AraNyakas, the monk who has renounced worldly attachment (samnyAsin), studies the upaniShads, which specialise in philosophical speculations.
	www.cs.memphis.edu /~ramamurt/u_intro3.html (2299 words)

	E N C Y C L O P E D I A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		NACHIKETAS The story of Nachiketas is told in the Taittiriya Brahmana and Katha Upanishad.
		NAMUCHI A demon slain by Indra with the foam of water.
		The legend of Namuchi first appears in the Rig-veda, where it is said that Indra ground “the head of the slave Namuchi like a sounding and rolling cloud,” but it is amplified by the commentator and also in the Satapatha Brahmana and Maha-bharata.
	www.mypurohith.com /Encyclopedia/EnclopN.asp (1927 words)

	Myth, Ritual And Religion — Volume 1 by Andrew Lang eBook by BookRags
		A passage of the Aitareya Brahmana, however, retains the old conception, in which there was nothing metaphorical at all.[2] These two worlds, heaven and earth, were once joined.
		In short, if any one wished to give an example of that recklessness of orthodoxy or consistency which is the mark of early myth, he could find no better example than the Indian legends of the origin of things.
		Perhaps there is not one of the myths current among the lower races which has not its counterpart in the Indian Brahmanas.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/2832/157.html (303 words)

	www.Sulekha.com \| Matter, Field and Energy by Raja R. Roy
		Later in the Brahmanas, Aditya is identified as Sun and referred to as being twelve in number.
		Thus Brahmana, Kshatriya and Vaishya as elements belong to earth, atmosphere and heaven respectively.
		So when the scriptures say that the earth belongs to Brahmana, they do not mean that Brahmanas as the class had the sanction to rule entire earth.
	www.sulekha.com /printer.asp?ctid=1000&cid=86870 (2092 words)

	Blessingsonthenet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Descendant of Babhru is the patronymic of Girija in the Aitareya Brahmana
		It is a name mentioned in the Aitareya Brahmana as a pupil of Parvata and Narada
		A descendant of Kumbha, is the name of the seer of a Saman in the Pancavimsa Brahmana
	www.blessingsonthenet.com /glossary/getalpha.asp?pg=59&flag=1 (321 words)

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		In the Aitareya Brahmana, we find a passage that captures the essence of the questor's impulse: "There is no joy for him who does not wander, Rohita!
		But that contact was a regulated one, a contact reflected upon and subjected to intense scrutiny, its gross reality passed through the refiner's fire.
		And worse than these, arguably, are those renouncers who burn with the hunger for power and control: sanyasins who disgrace their saffron robes by sitting in the councils of state, demanding fratricidal bloodshed as the necessary step towards the utopia of their fevered imaginings.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2002081100420200.htm&date=2002/08/11/&prd=mag& (1107 words)

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