Brahmanas are prose texts attached to the Vedas that explain the hymns and provide instructions for rituals.
Satapatha Brahmana is related to—
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2009 · Topic: Vedic Age (Sources of the Vedic Age (Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, Upanishads))
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