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Yajurveda Shakhas (यजुर्वेदस्य शाखाः) (view source)
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(13) THE MANAVA SAkhA
(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>
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
(14) THE VARAHA SAKHA
The Varaha Sakha is a Sutra-Sakha. A Varaha Rsi was present in the Court of Yudhisthira. 4 Panini has also mentioned Varaha.5 The Varaha Grhya and Srauta Sutras are available.4 Kumarila has referred to this Sakha in his Tantra-Vartika6. The Parisista and the two Grhya Paddhatis of this Sakha are also available.
(15) DUNDUBHA SAKHA.
It is a subdivision of the Maitrayaniyas. We have no information about Dundubha, the founder of this Sakha. No literature of this Sakha is available.
(16) THE CHAGALEYA SAKHA.
Probably this Sakha was founded by Chagala or Chagaleya. Panini has mentioned to Chagali7. No text of this Sakha has survived.
(17) THE HARIDRAVIYA SAKHA.
This Sakha belongs to the group of the Maitrayaniyas. The word Haridru is mentioned by Panini in Ganapatha (Kisaradih). The Brahmana of this Sakha is mentioned by Sayana1 and Yaska. The Haridraviya Grhya is referred to by Bhavatrata in his commentary on the Kausitaki Grhya (1.20 6. The Khilas and the Upakhila of this Sakha are mentioned in the Brahmanda- Purana (II. 36.75) 3 and the Vayu-Purana (61.65)4. Hence it may be safely presumed that this Sakha possessed a separate Samhita.
Subdivisions of the Haridraviyas : According to the various texts the Haridraviyas branched off into five groups : Haridrava, Asura, Gargya, Sarkaraksya and Agravasiya. But we have no knowledge about the Sakhas other than the first.
(18) THE SYAMAYANA SAKHA
In the Puranic list of the Sakhas of the KYV. Syamayana is regarded as an audicya acarya : श्यामायनिरुदीच्यानां प्रधानः सम्बभूव ह । (Vayu 61.8 ; Bd. L 35.12). According to the Puranas a Syamayani belonged to Kausika gotra and was chief author of the northern recension of the Yajurveda. According to the Mahabharata he belonged to the gotra of Visvamitra.7
No literature of this Sakha is available.
(19) THE SYAMA SAKHA
Mahidasa, the commentator of the Caranavyuha says that some people speak of seven subdivisions of the Maitrayaniyas. They count the Syamasakha as the seventh. It is probable that this Sakha was closely related to the Syamayaniya Sakha. No literature of this Sakha is preserved.
(20) THE TAITTIRIYA SAKHA
This School was founded by Tittiri Rsi. The name of Tittiri is mentioned by Panini1. Patanjali too was acquainted with Tittiri and he has mentioned the shlokas proclaimed by Tittiri. The Matsya-Purana regards him as a Tryarseya3. In the Mahabharata he is mentioned as the elder brother of Vaisampayana4. He was present in the court of Yudhisthira. On these evidences we may easily conclude that this Tittiri was the founder of this Sakha.
According to the Puranas the whole KYV. was called Taittiriya. Yajnavalkya vomited the Yayus-s taught by Vaisampayana and all these Yajus-s ware collected by his other pupils. Since at the time of collecting these Yajus-s, the pupils took form of the bird tittiri, they were called as Taittiriyas. However, this Sakha derives its name from the Rsi in the same way as other Sakhas do. Tittiri was the pupil of Yaska6. Taittiriyas are mentioned in the Ramayana7.
The Maharnava locates the Taittiriyas in the southern part of the country 1. On Epigraphic grounds Prof. L. Renou says that if the Taittiriyas did not originate in south, they were at least spread in that direction8. In this context he refers to Dr. W. Caland according to whom the original seat of the Taittiriyas was the same Kuru-Pancala which is probably the cradle of the whole Adhvaryava tradition3. On these grounds we may conclude that this Sakha originated in Kuru-Pancala country and expanded in the south.
The literature of the Taittiriyas : The Samhita of the Taittiriyas is available and the oldest commentary on it is that of Bhattabhaskara Misra. The Taittiriya Brahmana is the only available Brahmana of the KYV. The last portion (III. 10-12} of this Brahmana is regarded as Kathakabhaga i. e. the Kathaka portion. The Taittiriya Aranyaka has 10 Prapathakas. The Taittiriyopanisad is a part of the Aranyaka. It begins from the seventh Prapathaka and ends with the 9th.<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>
== References ==
== References ==