Maitrayani Samhita tradition
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The Maitrayani Samhita tradition is an ancient Vedic school associated with the Yajurveda, preserving its own distinctive recension of ritual texts and interpretations.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vedic school
ⓘ
Yajurveda tradition ⓘ śākhā ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Yajurveda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concernsDeities |
Agni
NERFINISHED
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Indra NERFINISHED ⓘ Varuna NERFINISHED ⓘ other Vedic deities ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Vedic ritual
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liturgical recitation ⓘ sacrificial ceremonies ⓘ |
| geographicalAssociation |
central India
ⓘ
northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Maitrayani school
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Maitrayaniya Samhita tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedText |
Maitrayaniya Upanishad
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ⓘ
Maitri Upanishad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | recognized Vedic śākhā ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
mantra sections
ⓘ
prose explanatory sections ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
Vedic accentuation
ⓘ
phonetic recitation rules ⓘ ritual exegesis ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
archaic linguistic forms
ⓘ
distinctive arrangement of mantras and prose passages ⓘ mixture of mantra and Brahmana style ⓘ regional ritual variants ⓘ |
| hasRecensionType | black Yajurveda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasText | Maitrayani Samhita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influences |
early Indian philosophy
ⓘ
later Hindu ritual theory ⓘ |
| language | Vedic Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Krishna Yajurveda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preserves |
Aranyaka-type material
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Brahmana-type material ⓘ distinctive recension of the Yajurveda ⓘ early Upanishadic material ⓘ ritual texts ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Kapishthala-Katha Samhita tradition
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Katha Samhita tradition ⓘ Taittiriya Samhita tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ Vajasaneyi Samhita tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Vedic scholarship ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late Rigvedic to early classical Vedic period ⓘ |
| transmissionStatus | partially surviving ⓘ |
| transmittedBy | oral tradition ⓘ |
| uses |
specific gṛhya ritual procedures
ⓘ
specific śrauta ritual procedures ⓘ |
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