Yajur-Veda

The Yajur-Veda consists, according to this calculation, of one hundred and one branches.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

Hindus the Yajur-Veda was regarded as the most important of all the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

There are two recensions of this Veda known as the "Black" and "White" Yajur-Veda.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

_ -- A subcaste of Brahmans who follow the Yajur-Veda.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

In the Satapatha Brahmana of the white Yajur-Veda the

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

Yajur-Veda, there was a festival at which one hundred and twenty-five victims, men and women, boys and girls, were sacrificed; "but reform supervened, and now the victims were bound as before to the stake, but afterwards amid litanies to the immolated (god) Narayana, the sacrificing priest brandished a knife and -- severed the bonds of the captives."

Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Edward Carpenter 1886

There are four Vedas, -- the _Rig-Veda_, which has the body of hymns; the _Yajur-Veda_, in which the prescribed formulas to be used in acts of sacrifice are collected; the _Sama-Veda_, containing the chants; and the _Atharva-Veda_, a collection of hymns, in part of a later date.

Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868

2 At one time, according to the Yajur-Veda, there was a festival at which one hundred and twenty-five victims, men and women, boys and girls, were sacrificed; ` ` but reform supervened, and now the victims were bound as before to the stake, but afterwards amid litanies to the immolated (god) Narayana, the sacrificing priest brandished a knife and -- severed the bonds of the captives. ''

Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning 1920

Adhyaryus I am sung as the Yajur-Veda of six and fifty and eight and seven and thirty branches. [

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

The four recensions of the Yajur-Veda have been separately edited: (1) "Vajasaneyi

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913