Word

Taittiriya_Aranyaka

Sanskrit

तैत्तिरीय आरण्यक

IAST

taittirīya āraṇyaka

In General

The Taittiriya Aranyaka belongs to Krishna_Yajurveda. Taitiriya U. and Mahanarayana U. are from this work.

Veda

The Taittiriya Aranyaka has got ten sections called as Prapathakas. Some important topic deal with each prapathaka is given below

Prapathaka 1: Arunaketuka rites

Prapathaka 2: Description of Panchamaha yajna. Importance of Svadhyaya

Prapathaka 3: Description of Caturhotracitti yajna, importance of Sun as supporter of world

Prapathaka 4: Pravargya rites

Prapathaka 5: Symbolic meaning of yajna

Prapathaka 6: Description of pitrmedha yajna. This section also contain a lot of philosophical and logical ideas. Some rules about bathing and fasting is also discussed in the section. It also gives the purusha sukta rites and description of Vishnu as all pervading.

Prapathaka 7, 8, 9: Taittiriya Upanishad

Prapathaka 10: Mahanarayana Upanishad