Brahmanas and Aranyakas: The Brahmanas and the Aranyakas in the Hindu Scriptures

By Sri Swami Sivananda

The Brahmanas and the Aranyakas

There are two Brahmanas to the Rig-VedaÑthe Aitareya and the Sankhayana. - The Rig-Veda, - says Max Muller, - is the most ancient book of the world. The sacred hymns of the Brahmanas stand unparalleled in the literature of the whole world; and their preservation might well be called miraculous. - (HISTORY OF ANCIENT SANSKRIT LITERATURE)

The Satapatha Brahmana belongs to the Sukla Yajur-Veda. The Krishna-Yajur-Veda has the Taittiriya and the Maitrayana Brahmanas. The Tandya or Panchavimsa, the Shadvimsa, the Chhandogya, the Adbhuta, the Arsheya and the Upanishad Brahmanas belong to the Sama-Veda. The Brahmana of the Atharva-Veda is called the Gopatha. Each of the Brahmanas has got an Aranyaka.

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