Yajurveda

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Hindu scripture Samhita text Veda

Yajurveda is one of the four principal Vedas of Hinduism, primarily focused on prose mantras and ritual formulas used in sacrificial ceremonies.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Yajurveda canonical 34
Yajurveda (traditionally) 1
Yajurveda corpus 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu scripture ⓘ
Samhita text ⓘ
Veda ⓘ
associatedWithRitual Vedic sacrifice ⓘ
yajna ⓘ
authorityIn Vedic ritual law ⓘ
contains Upanishads ⓘ
surface form: Isha Upanishad

Katha Upanishad ⓘ
Upanishads ⓘ
surface form: Shvetashvatara Upanishad

Taittiriya Shakha ⓘ
surface form: Taittiriya Upanishad
cosmologyTheme creation hymns ⓘ
ritual cosmology ⓘ
genre religious text ⓘ
hasBranch Kanva Shakha ⓘ
Kathaka Shakha ⓘ
Madhyandina Shakha ⓘ
Maitrayani Shakha ⓘ
Taittiriya Shakha ⓘ
hasComponent Āraṇyaka ⓘ
surface form: Aranyaka

Brahmana ⓘ
Samhita ⓘ
Upanishads ⓘ
surface form: Upanishad
hasPart Krishna Yajurveda ⓘ
Shukla Yajurveda ⓘ
influenced Hindu sacrificial practices ⓘ
Vedic ritualism ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
surface form: Vedic Sanskrit
partOf Vedas ⓘ
surface form: Four Vedas
period late second millennium BCE ⓘ
primaryFocus prose mantras ⓘ
ritual formulas ⓘ
sacrificial ceremonies ⓘ
regionOfOrigin South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
relatedTo Atharvaveda ⓘ
Rigveda ⓘ
Samaveda ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
script Devanagari (modern editions) ⓘ
status shruti ⓘ
textType liturgical text ⓘ
mantra collection ⓘ
tradition Śrauta tradition ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Vyasa ⓘ
usedBy Vedic priests ⓘ
usedIn Agnihotra ritual ⓘ
Ashvamedha ⓘ
Rajasuya ⓘ
Somayajna ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hinduism → hasScripture → Yajurveda ⓘ
Vedas → hasPart → Yajurveda ⓘ
Vedic period → associatedWith → Yajurveda ⓘ
Rigveda → relatedWork → Yajurveda ⓘ
Vishnu → scripturalMention → Yajurveda ⓘ
Saraswati → scripturalMention → Yajurveda ⓘ
Samaveda → relatedWork → Yajurveda ⓘ
Atharvaveda → relatedTo → Yajurveda ⓘ
Agni → mentionedIn → Yajurveda ⓘ
ancient India → producedText → Yajurveda ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient India
Surya (sun) in Hinduism → scriptureMention → Yajurveda ⓘ
subject surface form: Surya
Surya → scriptureMention → Yajurveda ⓘ
Vyasa → organized → Yajurveda ⓘ
Brahmana → linkedTo → Yajurveda ⓘ
Mitra → appearsIn → Yajurveda ⓘ
Madhyandina Shakha → category → Yajurveda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yajurveda school
Kanva Shakha → associatedWith → Yajurveda ⓘ
Taittiriya Shakha → belongsTo → Yajurveda ⓘ
Somayajna → scripturalBasis → Yajurveda ⓘ
Ashvamedha → describedIn → Yajurveda ⓘ
Rajasuya → associatedWithText → Yajurveda ⓘ
shruti → includes → Yajurveda ⓘ
subject surface form: Shruti
Āraṇyaka → associatedWith → Yajurveda ⓘ
Brahmanas → associatedWithVeda → Yajurveda ⓘ
Samhita → partOf → Yajurveda ⓘ
Samhita → belongsTo → Yajurveda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yajurveda corpus
Grihyasutras → associatedWith → Yajurveda ⓘ
Shukla Yajurveda → partOf → Yajurveda ⓘ
Krishna Yajurveda → partOf → Yajurveda ⓘ
Maitrayani Shakha → associatedWith → Yajurveda ⓘ
Kathaka Shakha → partOf → Yajurveda ⓘ
Sringeri Sharada Peetham → associatedWith → Yajurveda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yajurveda (traditionally)
Shruti → includes → Yajurveda ⓘ
Old Indo-Aryan → attestedIn → Yajurveda ⓘ
Hindu scriptures → hasPart → Yajurveda ⓘ
Taittirīya Upanishad → associatedWith → Yajurveda ⓘ
Saraswati River → describedIn → Yajurveda ⓘ