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Yajurveda Shakhas (यजुर्वेदस्य शाखाः) (view source)
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9. THE SVETASVATARA SAKHA
9. THE SVETASVATARA SAKHA
The variants of this name are Svetasvetatarah, Svetasvetantarah and Sveta-asvatarah. No information is available about Svetasvatara. Only the Upanisad of this Sakha is available. The Svetasvatara Brahmana is referred to by Visvarupa in his commentary.<ref>Ganga Sagar Rai (1965), [https://archive.org/details/puranavolvii015193mbp/page/n247/mode/2up?view=theater Sakhas of the Krsna Yajurveda in the Puranas], Purana (Vol 7, No. 2), Varanasi: All India Kashiraj Trust.</ref>
The variants of this name are Svetasvetatarah, Svetasvetantarah and Sveta-asvatarah. No information is available about Svetasvatara. Only the Upanisad of this Sakha is available. The Svetasvatara Brahmana is referred to by Visvarupa in his commentary.
10. THE AUPAMANYAVA SAKHA
This Sakha seems to be founded by Upamanyu. Reference has been made to Acarya Upamanyu by Panini.4 This name is also referred to in the Rg-Vedanukramani, Samavedanukramani and Jaiminiya Grhyasutra.5 Yaska mentions Upamanyu as an author of Nitukta. The Brhad-devata also mentions the name of Aupamanyava.6 Here the name occurs along with Yaska. In the Brahmanda7 and the Matsya8 Puranas, Aupamanyavas are mentioned as belonging to Vasistha clan. The Vayu-Purana mentions9 him as a Rtvik in the Yajna of Brahma. An Aupamanyava is mentioned in the Chandogya Upanisad.1 'No literature of this Sakha is available.
11. THE PATANDANIYA SAKHA
This Sakha is regarded as a subdivision of the Carakas. We have no knowledge about Patandi, the founder of this Sakha. No literature of it is preserved.
(12) THE MAITRAYANIYA SAKHA.
The Maitrayaniya Sakha is one of the Subdivisions of the Carakas. Panini has mentioned a Maitrayana. According to the Harivamsa the Maitrayaniya Sakha was founded by Rshi Mitrayu. Saunaka has mentioned this Sakha in his Brhaddevata.4 The Maitrayaniya Samhita is available. A Maitrayaniya Brahmana is noticed in the Baudhayana Srauta Sutra (30.8). A Maitrayani-yopanisad is available. Many Kalpasutras are attached to this Sakha. These Grhya works bear the names of Manava, Varaha and Maitrayaniya. The Manavas and the Varahas are the subdivisions of the Maitrayaniyas.
According to the Maharnava the locality of the Maitrayaniyas was between the Mayura mountain and Gurjaradesha. At present the followers of this shakha reside in Saurashtra and Gujarat. They belong to the Modha caste. Maitrayaniyas exist also in Nashik and Nagpur.
(13) THE MANAVA SAkhA
It is a sub-division of the Maitrayaynias. Perhaps it consisted only of the Sutra literature. Haradatta has clearly said in this commentary on the Hiranyakesi-Sutra that a new Sakha was founded either on a Samhita or a Sutra. In the Matsya-Purana, Manava is regarded as a Pancarseya. The Manava Srauta and Grhya Sutras are published.1 The Grhya Parisista and the Sulba Sutras are also available. Here a question may be asked is there any relation between the Manava Grhyasutra and Manusmrti ? The answer is affirmative.8<ref>Ganga Sagar Rai (1965), [https://archive.org/details/puranavolvii015193mbp/page/n247/mode/2up?view=theater Sakhas of the Krsna Yajurveda in the Puranas], Purana (Vol 7, No. 2), Varanasi: All India Kashiraj Trust.</ref>
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