Yajurveda
Sign in to saveThe Yajurveda (, , from यजुस्, "worship", and वेद, "knowledge") is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals. An ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, it is a compilation of ritual-offering formulas that were said by a priest while an individual performed ritual actions such as those before the yajña fire. Yajurveda is one of the four Vedas, and one of the scriptures of Hinduism. The exact century of the Yajurveda's composition is unknown, and estimated by Witzel to be between 1200 and 800 BCE, contemporaneous with Sāmaveda and Atharvaveda.
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The Yajurveda is an ancient Hindu scripture composed of prose mantras and ritual formulas that priests recited during worship ceremonies and sacrificial rituals. As one of the four Vedas, it serves as a foundational religious text in Hinduism, likely written sometime between 1200 and 800 BCE.
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- Vedic religionHinduism
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- 1200-1000 BCE, Vajasneyi samhita sample i, Shukla Yajurveda, Sanskrit, Devanagari.jpg
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- Four Vedas
- Religious text.language
- Vedic Sanskrit
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- A page from the Vajasneyi samhita found in the Shukla Yajurveda (Sanskrit, Devanagari script). This version of the manuscript opens with salutations to Ganesha and Sadashiva (Shaivism).
- Religious text.period
- Vedic period ( BCE)
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- 40 Adhyayas (chapters)
- Religious text.verses
- 1,975 Mantras
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26 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Dating and historical context
- Text
- Recensions
- Shukla Yajurveda
- Krishna Yajurveda
- Organization
- Contents
- Samhitas
- Satapatha Brahmana
- Upanishads
- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
- Isha Upanishad
- Taittiriya Upanishad
- Katha Upanishad
- Shvetashvatara Upanishad
- Maitrayaniya Upanishad
- Srautasutras
- Manuscripts and translations
- Ezourvedam forgery
- Significance
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
The Yajurveda (, , from यजुस्, "worship", and वेद, "knowledge") is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals. An ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, it is a compilation of ritual-offering formulas that were said by a priest while an individual performed ritual actions such as those before the yajña fire. Yajurveda is one of the four Vedas, and one of the scriptures of Hinduism. The exact century of the Yajurveda's composition is unknown, and estimated by Witzel to be between 1200 and 800 BCE, contemporaneous with Sāmaveda and Atharvaveda.
The Yajurveda is broadly grouped into two – the "black" or "dark" (Krishna) Yajurveda and the "white" or "bright" (Shukla) Yajurveda. The term "black" implies "the un-arranged, unclear, motley collection" of verses in Yajurveda, in contrast to the "white" which implies the "well arranged, clear" Yajurveda. The black Yajurveda has survived in four recensions, while two recensions of white Yajurveda have survived into modern times.