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Yajurveda

Also known as Yajur Veda, Yajur-Veda

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.

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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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Religious text.religion: Vedic religionHinduism
Religious text.image: 1200-1000 BCE, Vajasneyi samhita sample i, Shukla Yajurveda, Sanskrit, Devanagari.jpg
Religious text.alt: Four Vedas
Religious text.language: Vedic Sanskrit
Religious text.caption: 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)
Religious text.chapters: 40 Adhyayas (chapters)
Religious text.verses: 1,975 Mantras
Religious text.background: FFC569

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earliest date: 1200-00-00
title: यजुर्वेद

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Contents

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 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.