![]() Yajnavalkya, the son of Vajasani provided the vision behind this scripture, hence the codes of Yajurveda are also called Vajasaneya. Talking about its branches, its main branches are the Madhyandin and the Kanav. Shukla Yajurveda contains a collection of mantras required for the ‘Darshapourmasadi’ ritual etc. These include Aditya Sampradaya or Shukla Yajurveda and Brahma Sampradaya or Krishna Yajurveda. Like every Veda, the Yajurveda is divided into parts. The scripture also provides valuable information about various yajnas, some of them are Agnihotra, Ashwamedha, Vajpayee, Somayagna, Rajasuya, and Agnichayan Adhi. Yajurveda contains mantras for Yajnas & their description. ![]() Besides, it also gives a glimpse of the Varna system of that time. The Yajurveda provides valuable formation about the social and religious life of the Aryans. They are said to have been composed in the early centuries of the first millennium to the second millennium BC. The rules & regulations of Yajurveda are believed to be the last ones to be composed. Yajurveda contains mainly the rules and regulations of Yajnas and Havanas. Several historians opine that Yajur Veda was written from 1,400 BC to 1,000 BC. Well, as for Yajurveda, it was composed in the Kurukshetra area (of modern Haryana). We know that the Rigveda was composed in the Sapta-Sindhu region of the Northwestern Indian subcontinent.
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