Yajurveda

Yajurveda (Sanskrit: यजुर्वेदः yajurveda, a tatpurusha compound of yajus "sacrificial formula" and veda "knowledge") is one of the four canonical texts of Hinduism, the Vedas. By some, it is estimated to have been composed between c. 1400–1000 BCE, the Yajurveda 'Samhita', or 'compilation', contains the liturgy (mantras) needed to perform the sacrifices of the Veda, and the added Brahmana and Shrautasutra add information on the interpretation and on the details of their performance.

Quotes

• The four and thirty ribs of the strong steed,
  Kin of the gods, the axe meeteth;
  Skilfully do ye make the joints faultless;
  Declaring each part, do ye cut it asunder.
  • Taittiriya Sanhita (c. 4th–5th century BCE), IV, 6, 9g, as translated by A. B. Keith, The Veda of the Black Yajus School, Part II (1914), p. 379

• The birthplace of the horse, indeed, is the sea, its kindred is the sea.
  • The Yajur Veda, Kanda VII, vii. 5. 25.
  • From the Yajurveda, as translated by A. B. Keith, The Veda of the Black Yajus School, Part II (1914), p. 637