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→यजुर्वेदवाङ्मयम् ॥ Yajurvedic Literature: To be edited
It belongs to the Shukla Yajurveda branch and comprises of 40 Adhyayas.<ref name=":3" />
It belongs to the Shukla Yajurveda branch and comprises of 40 Adhyayas.<ref name=":3" />
The Kanva Sakha : This Sakha has preserved both its Samhita and the Brahmana.
The Samhita and the Brahmana of the Kanvas are now available- The Kanva-Samhita contains 40 Adhyayas, 328 Anuvakas and 2086 verses. The Madhyandina-Samhita contains 1975 verses. Thus, the Kanva Samhita has 111 verses more than the Madhyandina-Samhita- The Brahmana of the Kanvas as well as of the Madhyandinas is called the 'Satapatha-Brahrnana. But there is some minor differences between the two Brahmanas. In the Kanva-Satapatha, there are 17 Kandas, 104 Adhyayas and 6806 Kandikas, The subject-matter of both the Brahmanas is same but the order is different. The Kalpasutra of Katyayana is prescribed for the followers of these Shakhas. According to Mahadeva, the commentator of the Hiranyakeshi sutra, Katyayana sutra was prescribed for both the schools.
The Madyandina Shakha : The Samhita and the Brahmana of this Veda are now in wide currency.
In the Samhita of the Madhyandinas, there are 40 Adhyayas, 303 Anuvakas and 1975 verses. The Brahmana of the Sakha is called the Madhyandina-Satapatha. It has 14 KSndas, 100 Adhyayas, 64 Prapathakas, 438 Brahmanas and 7624 Kandikas. The rules laid down by Katyayana Sutra are observed in the Sakha of the Madhyandinas.<ref name="gsrai11" />
Madhyandina and Kanva, both contain equal number of chapters. However, the arrangement of kandikas differ to some extent.
Of the 40 chapters of the Shukla Yajurveda, the 40th chapter is the Ishavasya Upanishad while the remaining 39 chapters deal with various Yajnas as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Contents of the Shukla Yajurveda Samhita
!Yajna
!Chapters in Madhyandina Samhita
!Chapters in Kanva Samhita
|-
|Darshapurnamasa
|1-2
|1-2
|-
|Agnihotra
|3
|3
|-
|Soma
|4-8
|4-9
|-
|Vajapeya
|9
|10
|-
|Rajasuya
|9-10
|11
|-
|Agnichayana
|11-18
|12-20
|-
|Sautramani
|19-21
|21-23
|-
|Ashvamedha
|22-25
|24-28
|-
|Purushamedha
|30-31
|34-35.1-22
|-
|Sarvamedha
|32-33.1-54
|35.23-34-32.1-56
|-
|Pitrmedha
|35
|33.35-54
|-
|Pravargya
|36-39
|36-39
|}
The recensions of the Shukla Yajurveda are identical for all academic purposes. The form of the 2 samhita recensions is the same. The difference lies only in respect of the system of arrangement of the text, even though there is agreement in the extent of the text.<ref name="prabhakar" />
====कृष्णयजुर्वेदसंहिताः ॥ Krishna Yajurveda Samhitas====
====कृष्णयजुर्वेदसंहिताः ॥ Krishna Yajurveda Samhitas====
Maharshi Veda Vyasa taught the Yajurveda to Vaishampayana who divided it into 86 shakhas and taught it to his pupils. So, Maharshi Vaishampayana is considered the original propogator of the Krishna Yajurveda Shakhas. He was also attributed with the name Charaka since his literary activities shifted from place to place. Thereby, his students were also known as Charakas and a separate shakha got attached to this name. But it is not clear if all the references mention a particular shakha by the name Charaka or all the shakhas of the Krishna Yajurveda are called by the name Charaka. However, according to the Puranas, the whole Krishna Yajurveda was called Taittiriya since the Yajus were collected by the pupils of Vaishampayana in the form of the bird Tittiri.<ref name=":13" />
Maharshi Veda Vyasa taught the Yajurveda to Vaishampayana who divided it into 86 shakhas and taught it to his pupils. So, Maharshi Vaishampayana is considered the original propogator of the Krishna Yajurveda Shakhas. He was also attributed with the name Charaka since his literary activities shifted from place to place. Thereby, his students were also known as Charakas and a separate shakha got attached to this name. But it is not clear if all the references mention a particular shakha by the name Charaka or all the shakhas of the Krishna Yajurveda are called by the name Charaka. However, according to the Puranas, the whole Krishna Yajurveda was called Taittiriya since the Yajus were collected by the pupils of Vaishampayana in the form of the bird Tittiri.<ref name=":13" />
The Samhita of the Taittiriyas is available and the oldest commentary on it is that of Bhattabhaskara Misra.<ref name=":13" />
The Samhita of the Taittiriyas is available and the oldest commentary on it is that of Bhattabhaskara Misra.<ref name=":13" />
Patanjali says that the Kathaka literature was read in every villages. Patanjali says that the Katha literature is very vast. The Katha literature The Kathaka Sathhita is available,
It has five Khandas which are called Ithimika, Madhyamika^
QramiM, Yajyanuvakya and ASvamedhagrantha. The tSthSnakas
are its subdivisions. The total number of the Sthanakas is 4o, of
the anuvacanas 13, of the Anuvakas 843 and of the Manias 3093.
The Kathaka- Brahmana is not available in its entirety. Only
fragments of it have been edited and published. The existence
of a KS|haka Aranyaka is also argued. It is probable that the
Ka|has may also have had tlieir parallel Aranyaka which
contained kindred matter. The well-known Kafha-Upanisad
belongs to this Sakha. The Kathaka Grhya-sutra is available.
This Grhya-sutra bears different names i.e. Kathaka-Grhya-sutra t
Caraka-Grhya-sutra and Laugaks!*Grhya-sutra. It seems quite
possible that because these names belong to the Caiaka-group of
the Yajurvedic schools and they have no separate Grhya-sutras,
so they called this Grhyasutra by various names. Laugaksi may
be a follower of the Katha school and he composed a Grhya-
sutra for the Kathaka Sakha.
===Organization===
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