Black (Krishna) recension

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The Black (Krishna) recension is a traditional, more heterogeneous and prose-rich version of the Yajurveda, distinguished from the more orderly White (Shukla) recension in Vedic literature.

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Label Occurrences
Black (Krishna) recension canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Vedic recension ⓘ
textual tradition ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Deccan ⓘ
linked to: Deccan Plateau

South India ⓘ
belongsToVeda Yajurveda ⓘ
comparedWith more orderly White (Shukla) recension ⓘ
contrastedWith Shukla Yajurveda ⓘ
White (Shukla) recension ⓘ
distinguishedBy heterogeneous content ⓘ
less orderly arrangement of material ⓘ
mixed prose and verse ⓘ
prose-rich style ⓘ
focusesOn Yajna rituals ⓘ
ritual instructions ⓘ
sacrificial formulas ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Black Yajurveda ⓘ
linked to: Samhita

Krishna Yajurveda ⓘ
hasComponent Brahmana material ⓘ
Samhita ⓘ
hasDoctrinalRole source of ritual knowledge ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later Hindu ritual literature ⓘ
hasSchool Charaka school ⓘ
Kapisthala-Katha school ⓘ
Kathaka school ⓘ
linked to: Kathaka Shakha

Maitrayani school ⓘ
linked to: Maitrayani Shakha

Taittiriya school ⓘ
linked to: Taittiriya Shakha
language Vedic Sanskrit ⓘ
partOf Vedic literature ⓘ
linked to: Vedas

Yajurveda ⓘ
religiousTradition Hinduism ⓘ
scriptureType Shruti ⓘ
studiedIn Vedic schools ⓘ
textualForm prose-dominant Samhita ⓘ
timePeriod late Vedic period ⓘ
transmission oral tradition ⓘ
usedIn Vedic ritual practice ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krishna Yajurveda → textualCharacter → Black (Krishna) recension ⓘ