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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAitareyabrāhmaṇa (ऐतरेयब्राह्मण).—Name of the Brāhmaṇa composed by Aitareya (attached to the Ṛgveda and prescribing the duties of the Hotṛ priest) It is divided into forty Adhyāyas or eight Pañchikās.
Derivable forms: aitareyabrāhmaṇam (ऐतरेयब्राह्मणम्).
Aitareyabrāhmaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aitareya and brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAitareyabrāhmana (ऐतरेयब्राह्मन).—[neuter] the Brāhmaṇa of Aitareya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Aitareyabrāhmaṇa (ऐतरेयब्राह्मण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Io. 310. 697. 1270. 1465. 1721. 1977. 2132. 2381. W. p. 20. Oxf. 382^a. 384^a. Paris. (D 140. 197. 198). L. 768. Khn. 4. K. 2. B. 1, 32. 34. Ben. 3. Bik. 46-53. Rādh. 1. Haug. 13. NW. 26. Burnell. 4^a. Bh. 4. Bhk. 5. Poona. 1. Oppert. 1503. 1670. 1671. 3766. 3868. Ii, 5482. 6887. 7508. Rice. 6. Peters. 1, 113. 2, 167.
—[commentary] Oppert. 1504. 1505.
—[commentary] by Govindasvāmin. Quoted in Mādhavīyadhātuvṛtti.
—[commentary] by Sāyaṇa. Io. 1355 (eighth pañcikā). 1836. 1836 A. 2991. L. 1801. Khn. 4. K. 2. B. 1, 34. Ben. 1. Haug. 27. 54. Oudh. Xiii, 6. Np. Ii, 6. V, 42. Burnell. 4^b. Poona. 2. Oppert. 1672. 7869. Ii, 1242. 6213. 6219. Peters. 2, 168.
2) Aitareyabrāhmaṇa (ऐतरेयब्राह्मण):—read Oppert. I, 7868 instead of 3868.
—[commentary] by Sāyaṇa. read Np. V, 142.
3) Aitareyabrāhmaṇa (ऐतरेयब्राह्मण):—Cs. 81 (Pañcikā 4. 5). Cu. add. 1046. Stein 4.
—[commentary] by Sāyaṇa. Cs. 81 (Pañcikā 4. 5). 82 (P. 3, to the end of the third adhyāya). 83 (P. 2). 84 (P. 3). 85 (P. 4). 86 (P. 5). 87 (P. 6). 88 (P. 7). 89 (P. 8). Stein 4 (Pañcikā 1-3).
4) Aitareyabrāhmaṇa (ऐतरेयब्राह्मण):—Ulwar 38.
—[commentary] by Sāyaṇa. Ulwar 39.
Aitareyabrāhmaṇa (ऐतरेयब्राह्मण):—[=aitareya-brāhmaṇa] [from aitareya > aitara] n. Name of the Brāhmaṇa composed by Aitareya (attached to the Ṛg-veda and prescribing the duties of the Hotṛ priest; it is divided into forty Adhyāyas or eight Pañcikās).
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