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The first 9 books have close textual commentaries, often line by line, of the first 18 books of the corresponding samhita of the Śukla (white) Yajurveda. The remaining 5 books of the Shatapatha cover supplementary and ritualistically newer material; the content of the 14th and last book constitutes the Bṛhad-Āraṇyaka Upaniṣad.
The Yajurveda (Sanskrit: यजुर्वेद, IAST: yajurveda, from यजुस्, "worship", [3] and वेद, "knowledge") is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals. [4] An ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, it is a compilation of ritual-offering formulas that were said by a priest while an individual performed ritual ...
The parampara āchārya (main founding guru) for Shukla Yajurveda was sage Yajnavalkya. The main Samhita for Kānva Shākha is the Kanva Samhita and the corresponding brahmana is Kanva Shatapatha Brahmana. The main upanishads of the Kānva Shākha are Ishavasya Upanishad and Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.
Shukla Yajurveda: Vājasaneyi Samhita Madhyandina (VSM), Vājasaneyi Samhita Kānva (VSK): Shatapatha Brahmana (ShBM, ShBK) Krishna Yajurveda: Taittirīya Saṃhita (TS) with an additional Brahmana, Taittiriya Brahmana (TB), Maitrayani Saṃhita (MS), Caraka-Katha Saṃhita (KS), Kapiṣṭhala-Katha Saṃhita (KapS).
a: The Śukla (White) Yajurveda referred to by the Shatapatha Brahmana is the Vajasaneyi Samhita (Mâdhyandina recension: VS, Vag. S.; Kanva recension: VSK). The Krishna (Black) Yajurveda referred to by the Taittiriya Brahmana is the Taittiriya Samhita (TS). b: The Kausitaki and Samkhyana are generally considered to be the same Brahmana. Also ...
First, altered versions of this exact legend are contained in the Shatapatha Brahmana (White Yajurveda) and the Taittiriya Aranyaka (Black Yajurveda) where it is Vishnu that completes the Yagya and is decapitated, although He is still referred to as Makha in the Pravargya ritual. Second (again, as detailed below), the head is symbolically the ...
The story of Videgha Mathava is narrated in Yajurveda. According to Shatapatha Brahmana, Videgha Mathava migrated from the Sarasvati river to the middle Ganga valley. He travelled towards east with Agni ( fire ) but stopped at the river Sadanira (Gandak). [5] Then Videgha Mathava asked to Lord Agni that where he abided now.
Yajnavalkya was the seer of who received the Shukla Yajurveda from the Divine. [14] Thus, he is known as the founder of the Sukla Yujurveda tradition. [ 14 ] Yajnavalkya himself mentions, “Anyone who desires to master yoga should know the Aranyaka that I received from the sun as well as the yoga treatise that I proclaimed.” (Yajnavalkya ...