Śukla Yajurveda Saṁhitā (Vājasaneyi)
The foundational liturgy of Vedic sacrificial rites (yajña) and esoteric wisdom, revealed to sage Yājñavalkya by the solar deity Vivasvān across forty monumental Adhyāyas (including the famous Śatarudrīya and Īśāvāsya).
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The Vājasaneyi Saṁhitā represents the White (Śukla) Yajurvedic recension characterized by pristine separation of pure mantra poetry from prose commentary (brāhmaṇa).
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Table of Contents
Adhyāya 1
Adhyāya 1 containing 31 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 2
Adhyāya 2 containing 34 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 3
Adhyāya 3 containing 63 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 4
Adhyāya 4 containing 37 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 5
Adhyāya 5 containing 43 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 6
Adhyāya 6 containing 37 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 7
Adhyāya 7 containing 48 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 8
Adhyāya 8 containing 63 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 9
Adhyāya 9 containing 40 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 10
Adhyāya 10 containing 34 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 11
Adhyāya 11 containing 83 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 12
Adhyāya 12 containing 117 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 13
Adhyāya 13 containing 58 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 14
Adhyāya 14 containing 30 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 15
Adhyāya 15 containing 63 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 16
Adhyāya 16 containing 66 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 17
Adhyāya 17 containing 99 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 18
Adhyāya 18 containing 76 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 19
Adhyāya 19 containing 95 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 20
Adhyāya 20 containing 89 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 21
Adhyāya 21 containing 60 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 22
Adhyāya 22 containing 34 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 23
Adhyāya 23 containing 65 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 24
Adhyāya 24 containing 38 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 25
Adhyāya 25 containing 47 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 26
Adhyāya 26 containing 26 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 27
Adhyāya 27 containing 45 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 28
Adhyāya 28 containing 46 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 29
Adhyāya 29 containing 60 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 30
Adhyāya 30 containing 22 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 31
Adhyāya 31 containing 22 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 32
Adhyāya 32 containing 16 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 33
Adhyāya 33 containing 96 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 34
Adhyāya 34 containing 58 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 35
Adhyāya 35 containing 22 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 36
Adhyāya 36 containing 24 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 37
Adhyāya 37 containing 21 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 38
Adhyāya 38 containing 28 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 39
Adhyāya 39 containing 13 sacrificial mantras.
Adhyāya 40
Adhyāya 40 containing 17 sacrificial mantras.