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Veda Vargeekarana (वेदवर्गीकरणम्) (view source)
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=== Yajurveda Vibhajana ===
=== Yajurveda Vibhajana ===
The divisions of the texts for Shukla Yajurveda are as given below (See Page xviii of the Introduction in Reference 6)<ref>Swaminathan, C. R. (1997) ''Kanvasatapathabrahmanam Vol 2.'' New Delhi : Indra Gandhi National Centre For the Arts and Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!<nowiki>| Kandas ►</nowiki>
!<nowiki>| Adhyayas ►</nowiki>
!<nowiki>| Prapathakas ►</nowiki>
!<nowiki>| Brahmanas ►</nowiki>
!<nowiki>| Kandikas ►</nowiki>
|}
=== Famous Mantras ===
=== Famous Mantras ===
The term "कृष्ण krishna" of the shakha is so given due to following reasons
The term "कृष्ण krishna" of the shakha is so given due to following reasons
# It contains both the Chandas (metrical) and Gadya (prose) forms of mantras<ref name=":223" />
# It contains both the Chandas (metrical) and Gadya (prose) forms of mantras<ref name=":223" />
# Both Mantras and Brahmanas parts
# Mantras are interspersed with Brahmanas which explain the usage of the mantras<ref name=":0223" />
This samhita is said to have contained 85 Shakhas but only four of them are available now, out of which the Taittiriya Samhita is widely prevalent especially in South India and other three Shakhas are not so well known.
Texts of the four major schools that have survived are
# मैत्रायणि || Maitrayani
# कथा || Katha
# कपिस्थल-कथा || Kapisthala-Katha
# तैत्रिय || Taittiriya
All the shaka texts deal with detailed descriptions of sacrifices like Rajasuya, Vajapeya, Somayaga etc.
==== Brahmanas Aranyakas and Upanishads ====
Related to this Samhita are-
Related to this Samhita are-
3. Taittiriya, Katha, Swetaswatara, Maitrayani and Maha Narayana Upanishads.
3. Taittiriya, Katha, Swetaswatara, Maitrayani and Maha Narayana Upanishads.
==== Shukla Yajurveda ====
==== शुक्लयजुर्वेद संहिता || Shukla Yajurveda ====
The term "शुक्ल Shukla" of the shakha is so given due to following reasons
# It contains only the Chandas (metrical) forms of mantras<ref name=":223" />
# Mantras are interspersed with Brahmanas which explain the usage of the mantras<ref name=":0223" />
The Shukla Yajurveda separates the Samhita from its Brahmana (the Shatapatha Brahmana), the Krishna Yajurveda intersperses the Samhita with Brahmana commentary.
The Shukla Yajurveda separates the Samhita from its Brahmana (the Shatapatha Brahmana), the Krishna Yajurveda intersperses the Samhita with Brahmana commentary.
== References ==
== References ==
# https://ia802606.us.archive.org/17/items/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft.pdf
# https://ia802606.us.archive.org/17/items/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft.pdf
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