ऋग्वेदः · शाकल

Śākala

The Ṛgveda as it is recited today. Its books run from the saṃhitā through the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa and Āraṇyaka to the Aitareya Upaniṣad, with the Āśvalāyana Kalpa.

Other śākhās:Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki)

Śruti — the books of this śākhā

SaṃhitāṚgveda Saṃhitāऋग्वेदसंहिता
PadapāṭhaṚgveda Padapāṭhaऋग्वेदपदपाठः
BrāhmaṇaAitareya Brāhmaṇaऐतरेयब्राह्मणम्
Brāhmaṇa
ऐतरेयब्राह्मणम्
Aitareya Brāhmaṇa
Ascribed to Mahidāsa Aitareya. Eight pañcikās of five adhyāyas each: the first six explain the soma sacrifice from the hotṛ’s side, the last two the royal consecration (rājyābhiṣeka).
Where to hear and read it
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ĀraṇyakaAitareya Āraṇyakaऐतरेयारण्यकम्
UpaniṣadAitareya Upaniṣadऐतरेयोपनिषत्

Śikṣā · how this śākhā is recited

A Vedāṅga. The Prātiśākhya fixes this śākhā’s letters, accents and sandhi, and how the word-by-word padapāṭha joins into continuous text, so the recitation is passed on unchanged.

PrātiśākhyaṚk Prātiśākhyaऋक्प्रातिशाख्यम्

Kalpa · how its rites are performed

A Vedāṅga. Each school’s Kalpa-sūtras turn what the Brāhmaṇas teach into step-by-step procedure: Śrauta for the great sacrifices, Gṛhya for the household rites and saṃskāras, Dharma for conduct, and Śulba for building the altars.

Grouped below by school. Each family follows the sūtras of its own school, the one named in its abhivādana (for example, Āpastamba-sūtra).

Āśvalāyana

The Kalpa of the Śākala Ṛgvedins: its Śrauta and Gṛhya sūtras.

Vāsiṣṭha

A dharmasūtra traditionally linked with the Ṛgveda. It stands on its own, outside the Āśvalāyana Kalpa.

Dharma-sūtraVāsiṣṭha Dharmasūtraवासिष्ठधर्मसूत्रम्

Not on this path, and why

Bāṣkala: its saṃhitā does not survive as a separate text. The Kauṣītaki books traditionally linked with the Ṛgveda’s second line have their own path, Śāṅkhāyana.

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