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Yajurveda Samhitas (यजुर्वेदीयाः संहिताः) (view source)
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=== मैत्रायणीसंहिता ॥ Maitrayani Samhita ===
=== मैत्रायणीसंहिता ॥ Maitrayani Samhita ===
The Maitrayani Samhita is also gadya-padyatmaka (a mix of prose and verse) since it includes both mantras and brahmanas as is the nature of a the Krshna Yajurveda. The Maitrayani Samhita consists of 4 kandas that are described in brief below.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Contents of the Maitrayani Samhita
!Kanda
!Prapathakas
!Subject-matter
|-
|1 - Adima Kanda
|11
|Description of Darshapurnamasa, adhvara, adhana, Punaradhana, Chaturmasya and Vajapeya.
|-
|2 - Madhyama Kanda
|13
|Description of Kamya Ishti, Rajasuya and Agnichiti
|-
|3 - Upari Kanda
|16
|Description of Agnichiti, Adhvara vidhi, Sautramani, etc.
Prapathakas 12-16 have a detailed description of the Ashvamedha.
|-
|4 - Khila Kanda
|14
|Other important things related to Yajnas like Rajasuya described earlier are presented here.
|}
The Maitrayani Samhita has 2144 mantras of which 1701 rks are taken from the Rgveda. These mantras are related to the Mandalas 1 (Sukta 419), Mandala 10 (Sukta 323) and Mandala 6 (Sukta 157) of the Rgveda.<ref name=":0" />
=== कठसंहिता ॥ Katha Samhita ===
=== कठसंहिता ॥ Katha Samhita ===