The Aitareya Brahmanam of the Rigveoa, Vol. 2: Containing the Earliest Speculations of the Brahmans on the Meaning of the Sacrificial Prayers, and on

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Excerpt from The Aitareya Brahmanam of the Rigveoa, Vol. 2: Containing the Earliest Speculations of the Brahmans on the Meaning of the Sacrificial Prayers, and on the Origin, Performance, and Sense of the Rites of the Vedic ReligionThis fact clearly shows, that the term mantra in its proper meaning was already known at that early period.of Aryan history when the ancestors of the Brahmans and those of the Parsis (the ancient Iranians) lived as brother tribes peacefully together. This time was anterior to the combats of [3] the Devas and Asuras, which are so frequently mentioned in the Brahmanas, \the former representing the Hindus, the latter the Iranians.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.