There are four recensions of the Krishna Yajurveda: Taittiriya samhita (TS) originally of Panchala, Maitrayani samhita (MS) originally of the area south of Kurukshetra, Caraka-Katha samhita (KS) originally of Madra and Kurukshetra and Kapisthala-Katha samhita (KapS) of the southern Punjab and Bahika.Įach of the recensions has or had a Brahmana associated with it, and most of them also have associated Shrautasutras, Grhyasutras, Aranyakas, Upanishads and Pratishakhyas. Both contain the verses necessary for rituals, but the Krishna Yajurveda includes the Brahmana prose discussions mixed within the Samhita, while the Shukla Yajurveda has separately a Brahmana text, the Shatapatha Brahmana. There are two primary versions or Samhitas of the Yajurveda: Shukla (white) and Krishna (black). By some, it is estimated to have been composed between 14 BC, the Yajurveda Samhita, or compilation, contains the liturgy (mantras) needed to perform the sacrifices of the religion of the Vedic period, and the added Brahmana and Shrautasutra add information on the interpretation and on the details of their performance. "The Yajurveda (a tatpurusha compound of yajus sacrificial formula, and veda knowledge) is the third of the four canonical texts of Hinduism, the Vedas. Acknowledgement: We are thankful to Veda Prasar Samiti, Chennai for providing the pdf files of Vedas in Devanagari script to us.
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