The Yajur Veda: Complete Translation of the Black Yajus School
Summary: The Yajur Veda is one of the four Vedas of Hindu scripture, representing the sacrificial knowledge of ancient Indian religion. This page presents Arthur Berriedale Keith's complete English translation of the Black Yajus School (Taittiriya Samhita), organized into five Kandas covering Vedic rituals including soma sacrifices, fire rituals, animal offerings, and the sacred fire altar construction.
The Yajur Veda Kanda 1
- Prapathaka 1. The new and full moon sacrifices
- Prapathaka 2. The Soma sacrifice
- Prapathaka 3. The Victim for Agni and Soma
- Prapathaka 4. The Soma cups
- Prapathaka 5. The Rekindling of the Fire
- Prapathaka 6. The sacrificer's part in the new and full moon sacrifices
- Prapathaka 7. The sacrificer's part in the new and full moon sacrifices
- Prapathaka 8. The Rajasuya
The Yajur Veda Kanda 2
- Prapathaka 1. The special animal sacrifices
- Prapathaka 2. The special sacrifices
- Prapathaka 3. The special sacrifices (continued)
- Prapathaka 4. The special sacrifices (continued
- Prapathaka 5. The now and full moon sacrifices
- Prapathaka 6. The now and full moon sacrifices
The Yajur Veda Kanda 3
- Prapathaka 1. The supplement to the Soma sacrifice
- Prapathaka 2. The supplement to the Soma sacrifice (continued)
- Prapathaka 3. The supplement to the Soma sacrifice (continued)
- Prapathaka 4. The optional and occasional offerings
- Prapathaka 5. Miscellancous supplements
The Yajur Veda Kanda 4
- Prapathaka 1. The placing of the fire in the fire-pan.
- Prapathaka 2. The preparation of the ground for the fire
- Prapathaka 3. The five layers of bricks
- Prapathaka 4. The fifth layer of bricks
- Prapathaka 5. The offerings to Rudra
- Prapathaka 6. The preparation of the fire
- Prapathaka 7. The piling of the fire (continued)
The Yajur Veda Kanda 5
- Prapathaka 1. The placing of the fire in the fire-pan
- Prapathaka 2. The preparation of the ground for the fire
- Prapathaka 3. The second and later layers of bricks
- Prapathaka 4. The piling of the fire altar (continued)
- Prapathaka 5. The piling of the fire altar (continued)
- Prapathaka 6. The piling of the flre altar (continued)
- Prapathaka 7. The piling of the fire altar (continued)
The Yajur Veda Kanda 6
- Prapathaka 1. The exposition of the Soma sacrifice.
- Prapathaka 2. The exposition of the Soma sacrifice (continued)
- Prapathaka 3. The exposition of the Soma sacrifice (continued)
- Prapathaka 4. The exposition of the Soma sacrifice (continued)
- Prapathaka 5. The exposition of the Soma sacrifice (continued)
- Prapathaka 6. The exposition of the Daksina and other offerings
The Yajur Veda Kanda 7
- Prapathaka 1. The Ekaha and Ahina Sacrifices
- Prapathaka 2. The Ahina sacrifices (continued)
- Prapathaka 3. The Sattras.
- Prapathaka 4. The Sattras (continued)
- Prapathaka 5. The Gavam Ayana
White Yajurveda - Index Page
Source: Arthur Berriedale Keith, D.C.L., D. Litt. Of The Inner Temple, Barrister-At-Law, and Of
His Majesty's Colonial Office sometime Acting Professor Of Sanskrit at the University Of Oxford Author
Of 'Responsible Government in the Dominions' Cambridge, Massachusetts [1914].
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