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Thereafter Yagnyavalkya went away, severed all connections from his Master and fellow students. He began meditation and rigorous penance to recover what he had lost from God Himself directly. God was pleased with his unique prayer and is said to have revealed to him all that he had lost in a totally different form, order and sound notation pattern. The new form that was revealed to Yagnyavalkya was through blessings of Sun, and was a radiating beam of knowledge and light and hence this branch came to be known as Sukla Yajurveda.<ref name=":0" />     
 
Thereafter Yagnyavalkya went away, severed all connections from his Master and fellow students. He began meditation and rigorous penance to recover what he had lost from God Himself directly. God was pleased with his unique prayer and is said to have revealed to him all that he had lost in a totally different form, order and sound notation pattern. The new form that was revealed to Yagnyavalkya was through blessings of Sun, and was a radiating beam of knowledge and light and hence this branch came to be known as Sukla Yajurveda.<ref name=":0" />     
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===Connection with Tittiri===
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the student of [[Yāska]]; or alternatively, it being a collection of verses from mythical students who became "[[partridge]]s" (birds) in order to gain knowledge.<ref name="aweber">A Weber, {{Google books|8nsoAAAAYAAJ|History of Indian Literature|page=87}}, Trubner & Co, pages 87-91</ref> The later root of the title comes from the nature of Taittriya Upanishad which, like the rest of "dark or black Yajur Veda", is a motley, confusing collection of unrelated but individually meaningful verses.<ref name="aweber" />
 
the student of [[Yāska]]; or alternatively, it being a collection of verses from mythical students who became "[[partridge]]s" (birds) in order to gain knowledge.<ref name="aweber">A Weber, {{Google books|8nsoAAAAYAAJ|History of Indian Literature|page=87}}, Trubner & Co, pages 87-91</ref> The later root of the title comes from the nature of Taittriya Upanishad which, like the rest of "dark or black Yajur Veda", is a motley, confusing collection of unrelated but individually meaningful verses.<ref name="aweber" />

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