Aiteraya Brahmana

Along with the Shatapatha Brahmana,
the two most important texts in the
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Aiteraya Brahmana
Brahmana stratum of Vedic literature.
The Brahmanas are primarily manuals
describing the correct performance of
Vedic ritual sacrifices. Because they were
composed later than the actual Vedas,
each Brahmana is connected in theory
with one of the Vedas, to give it authority
as a sacred Vedic text. According to tradition, the Aiteraya Brahmana is associated
with the earliest of the Vedas, the Rg Veda.