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Yajurveda (Samskrit: यजुर्वेदः) is one of the Chaturvedas (four Vedic texts). The other three being Rigveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda.<ref>Vettam Mani (1975), [https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft/page/892/mode/2up?view=theater Puranic Encyclopaedia], Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.</ref> It has two chief branches namely, Shukla Yajurveda and Krishna Yajurveda. And consists of a collection of mantras relating to various Yajnas.<ref>Vaman Shivram Apte (1890), [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_7285627_000/page/882/mode/2up?view=theater The Practical Sanskrit English Dictionary], Poona: Shiralkar & Co.</ref> {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hTuHb4uNHs&feature=youtu.be
 
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यजुस्. A text of the Yajurveda, or the body of sacredmantras in prose muttered at sacrifices; वृत्तगीतिवर्जितत्वेन प्रश्लिष्टपठिता मन्त्रा यजूंषि Sāyaṇ
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यजुस्. A text of the Yajurveda, or the body of sacred mantras in prose muttered at sacrifices; वृत्तगीतिवर्जितत्वेन प्रश्लिष्टपठिता मन्त्रा यजूंषि Sāyaṇ
    
वेदः the second of the three (or four, including the Atharvaveda) principal Vedas, which is a collection of sacred texts in prose relating to sacrifices; it has two chief branches or recensions: the तैत्तिरीय or कृष्ण- यजुर्वेद and बाजसनेयी or शुक्लयजुर्वेद.
 
वेदः the second of the three (or four, including the Atharvaveda) principal Vedas, which is a collection of sacred texts in prose relating to sacrifices; it has two chief branches or recensions: the तैत्तिरीय or कृष्ण- यजुर्वेद and बाजसनेयी or शुक्लयजुर्वेद.

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