This paper examines the final portion of the Samavidhāna Brāhmaṇa, a liturgical text belonging to the Sāmaveda that deals predominantly with kāmya‑rites—rituals performed to fulfil specific desires.…
This article studies the relationship between the Nirukta, the oldest surviving treatise on Vedic etymology, and the Aitareya Brahmana, one of the most discursive prose texts in the Vedic ritual…