Yajurveda
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Yajurveda is one of the four principal Vedas of Hinduism, primarily focused on prose mantras and ritual formulas used in sacrificial ceremonies.
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 (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.