Aitareya Brāhmaṇa

Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 

Aitareya Brāhmaṇa is one of the important Brāhmaṇa of Aśvalāyāna Śākhā of Rigveda. The chapters in Brāhmaṇa are known as Pañcikas and totally there are eight Pañcikas in this Brāhmaṇas. Each Pañcika is again subdivided into Adhyāya and all together we can see forty Adhyāyas in this Brāhmaṇa.

Mahidasa Aitareya is considered as the author of this Brāhmaṇa text. This text deals with the Somayāga and Rajyābhiṣeka in its first six and last two Pañcikas respectively.