Yajurveda

Krishna Yajurveda Works of the Taittiriya Shaka

edited by Subramania Sarma et al.

The Yajurveda literature is divided into the White (Shukla) and the Black (Krishna) Yajurveda literature,
and the latter is divided into four Branches (Shakas), the most important of which is the Taittiriya Shaka.

Here we offer Krishna Yajurveda works of the Taittiriya Shaka as Devanagari editions with svara marks.
We also offer non-accented transliterated searchable files and accented high-quality printable files.
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- Taittiriya Brahmana (edited by Subramania Sarma, Chennai 2004-2005)
- Kathakam (edited by Subramania Sarma, Chennai 2004)
- Taittiriya Aranyaka (edited by Subramania Sarma, Chennai 2004-2005)
- Ekagni Kandam (edited by Subramania Sarma, Chennai 2004-2005)
- Taittiriya Samhita (edited by Vijayaraghavan Bashyam, Hyderabad 2005)
- Taittiriya Pratishakhya (Whitney's edition, proofread by Ramesh Srinivasan)
- Yajurveda - Sansknet Documents (formerly available at Sansknet.org)


Typesetting Specimen:

Yajurveda typesetting specimen


Taittiriya Brahmana

edited by Subramania Sarma, Chennai 2004-2005, based on Grantha manuscripts and on these works:

"Taittiriya Brahmana", 3 vols., edited by Hari Narayana Apte, 1898 (AnandAshram Publishers)
   "Taittiriya Brahmana", 3 vols., edited by Pushpendra Kumar, 1998 (Nag Prakashan Publishers)
   "Taittiriya Brahmana - Taittiriya Aranyakam - Kathakam - Ekagni Kaandam", 1 vol.,
edited by G.K. Seethaaraman, 2000 ("Your Family Friend" Publishers)

The Taittiriya Brahmana consists of three voluminous books:
Book 1: 8 chapters, Book 2: 8 chapters, Book 3: 12 chapters.

The Devanagari pdf files are divided into chapter files comprising approx. 200 KB each.

Note: The old chapter files uploaded during 13th February until 5th June 2004,
have been replaced by the new carefully proofread final files of April/May 2005
comprising a total of 768 pages typeset in Devanagari in large 16 point type size:
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 Book 1  Book 2   Book 3  Book 3 cont.
 tb-preface.pdf  tb-2-01.pdf  tb-3-01.pdf  tb-3-10.pdf*
 tb-1-01.pdf  tb-2-02.pdf  tb-3-02.pdf  tb-3-11.pdf*
 tb-1-02.pdf  tb-2-03.pdf  tb-3-03.pdf  tb-3-12.pdf*
 tb-1-03.pdf  tb-2-04.pdf  tb-3-04.pdf  
 tb-1-04.pdf  tb-2-05.pdf  tb-3-05.pdf  
 tb-1-05.pdf  tb-2-06.pdf  tb-3-06.pdf  
 tb-1-06.pdf  tb-2-07.pdf  tb-3-07.pdf  
 tb-1-07.pdf  tb-2-08.pdf  tb-3-08.pdf  
 tb-1-08.pdf    tb-3-09.pdf  

* Chapters 10, 11, 12 of Book 3 are also available separately as Kathakam, see below.

The entire Taittiriya Brahmana in Devanagari is downloadable in one single file as tb-deva.pdf (2.5 MB)

A searchable file in transliteration of the entire Taittiriya Brahmana is downloadable as tb-find.pdf (1 MB)

A combined file of the entire Taittiriya Brahmana containing the text in both Devanagari and transliteration,
designed for output by high-resolution printer, is downloadable as the very large file tb-comb.pdf (4 MB).


Kathakam
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Kathakam 1: ka-1.pdf    Kathakam 2: ka-2.pdf  Kathakam 3: ka-3.pdf

Chapters 10, 11, 12 of Book 3 of Taittiriya Brahmana are often treated as separate book with title Kathakam,
e.g. "Taittiriya Brahmana - Taittiriya Aranyakam - Kathakam - Ekagni Kaandam",
edited by G.K. Seethaaraman, 2000 ("Your Family Friend" Publishers)

Note: These old files have not yet been revised. Please use the new files tb-3-10, tb-3-11, tb-3-12 above.


Taittiriya Aranyaka

edited by Subramania Sarma, Chennai 2004, based on Grantha manuscripts and on this work:
"The Taittiriya Aranyaka", 3 vols. in one, edited by A. Mahadeva Sastri et al., 1985 (Motilal Publishers)

The Devanagari pdf files are divided into 10 chapter files comprising approx. 200 KB each
including Taittiriya-Upanishad (Chapters 7-9) and Mahanarayana-Upanishad (Chapter 10).

Note: The old chapter files uploaded during 13th February until 5th June 2004,
have been replaced by the new carefully proofread final files of November 2005:
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Chapter 1: ta-01.pdf Chapter 4: ta-04.pdf Chapter 7: ta-07.pdf Chapter 10: ta-10.pdf
Chapter 2: ta-02.pdf Chapter 5: ta-05.pdf Chapter 8: ta-08.pdf  
Chapter 3: ta-03.pdf Chapter 6: ta-06.pdf Chapter 9: ta-09.pdf  

The complete Taittiriya Aranyaka in Devanagari is downloadable in one single pdf file as ta-deva.pdf (1 MB)

A transliterated searchable pdf file of the entire Taittiriya Aranyaka is downloadable as ta-find.pdf (270 KB)

A combined file of the whole Taittiriya Aranyaka containing the text in both Devanagari and transliteration,
designed for output by high-resolution printer, is downloadable as the large PDF file ta-comb.pdf (1.4 MB).

The Taittiriya Upanishad (in Devanagari and transliteration) as a small separate file is downloadable here.


Ekagni Kandam

edited by Subramania Sarma, Chennai 2004, based on Grantha manuscripts and on this work:
"Taittiriya Brahmana - Taittiriya Aranyakam - Kathakam - Ekagni Kaandam",
edited by G.K. Seethaaraman, 2000 ("Your Family Friend" Publishers)

Note: The old chapter files uploaded during 13th February until 5th June 2004,
have been replaced by the new carefully proofread final files of November 2005:
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Chapter 1: ek-01.pdf (150 KB) Chapter 2: ek-02.pdf (200 KB)

The complete Ekagni Kanda in Devanagari is downloadable in one single file as ek-deva.pdf (300 KB)

A transliterated searchable pdf file of the entire Ekagni Kanda is downloadable as ek-find.pdf (64 KB)

A combined file of the whole Ekagni Kanda containing the text in both Devanagari and transliteration,
designed for output by high-resolution printer, is downloadable as the PDF file ek-comb.pdf (350 KB).


Taittiriya Samhita

edited by Vijayaraghavan Bashyam, Hyderabad 2005, based on these works:

1. Krishna-Yajurvediya-Taittiriya-Samhita, edited by Ananta Shastri et al., 2nd ed. 1957
2. Krishna-Yajurveda-Taittiriya-Samhita, edited by R.L. Kashyap, Bangalore 2002
3. Shrimat-Sayanacarya-viracita-bhashya-sameta Krishna-Yajurvediya-Taittiriya-Samhita, Pune
4. Krishna-Yajurvediya-Taittiriya-Samhita padapathayuta Bhattabhaskara-Sayanacarya-viracita-
bhashyabhyam sameta, edited by N.S. Sonatakke, 1970
5. Krishna-Yajurvedia-Taittiriya-Samhita vedartha-dipika-sahitamu (in accented Telugu script),
edited by Ramavarapu Krishnamurti Shastri et al., Tirupati 1985
6. Die Taittiriya Samhita, hrsg. von Albrecht Weber, Leipzig 1871
7. Taittiriya Samhita, Grantha Script, Heritage India Educational Trust, Chennai 2004

The Taittiriya Samhita consists of 7 books (kandas) with a total of 44 chapters (prapathakas):
Book 1: 1-8, Book 2: 1-6, Book 3: 1-5, Book 4: 1-7, Book 5: 1-7, Book 6: 1-6, Book 7: 1-5.

We here offer Chapters 1-8 of Book 1 of the Taittiriya Samhita as PDF files in Devanagari:
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8
ts-1-1.pdf ts-1-2.pdf ts-1-3.pdf ts-1-4.pdf ts-1-5.pdf ts-1-6.pdf ts-1-7.pdf ts-1-8.pdf

Indians willing to help editing the TS are invited to contact Mr. Bashyam at email

A transliterated searchable file of the entire Taittiriya Samhita is downloadable as ts-find.pdf (1.1 MB)

 If you do not have an English translation of the Taittiriya Samhita, you may use keith.pdf (1.3 MB)
containing the out-of-copyright English translation by Arthur Berriedale Keith (1879-1944)
as searchable PDF file comprising 341 pages.


Taittiriya Pratishakhya

The document tp-comb.pdf (160 KB) contains the Sanskrit text and the English translation by William Dwight Whitney, published in 1871 in the Journal of the American Oriental Society. The entire document was proofread by Mr. Ramesh Srinivasan on the basis of Whitney's edition.


Yajurveda - Sansknet Documents

The site www.Sansknet.org of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, was closed in January 2005 due to lack of help and due to lack of feedback. The Taittiriya documents formerly downloadable at that site are no longer accessible. Therefore we offer here these Sansknet Taittiriya documents which we have converted from HTML to PDF files for the convenience of our readers:

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Taittiriya Brahmana: yv-tb.pdf (2.2 MB)
Taittiriya Aranyaka: yv-ta.pdf (740 KB)
Ekagni Kandam: yv-ekagni.pdf (200 KB)
Kathakam: yv-kathaka.pdf (250 KB)


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