यजुर्वेदः · तैत्तिरीय

Taittirīya

The śākhā most widely recited in South India, and the fullest surviving Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda: saṃhitā, brāhmaṇa, āraṇyaka and upaniṣad, with the Kalpas of Āpastamba, Baudhāyana and the other Taittirīya schools.

Other śākhās:Maitrāyaṇī Kaṭha

Śruti — the books of this śākhā

Śikṣā · how this śākhā is recited

A Vedāṅga. The Prātiśākhya fixes this śākhā’s letters, accents and sandhi, and how the word-by-word padapāṭha joins into continuous text, so the recitation is passed on unchanged.

PrātiśākhyaTaittirīya Prātiśākhyaतैत्तिरीयप्रातिशाख्यम्

Kalpa · how its rites are performed

A Vedāṅga. Each school’s Kalpa-sūtras turn what the Brāhmaṇas teach into step-by-step procedure: Śrauta for the great sacrifices, Gṛhya for the household rites and saṃskāras, Dharma for conduct, and Śulba for building the altars.

Grouped below by school. Each family follows the sūtras of its own school, the one named in its abhivādana (for example, Āpastamba-sūtra).

Āpastamba

The most widely followed Taittirīya school, especially in South India. Its Kalpa survives in all four parts.

Baudhāyana

Usually counted the oldest Taittirīya school. Its Kalpa, too, survives in all four parts.

Śrauta-sūtraBaudhāyana Śrautasūtraबौधायनश्रौतसूत्रम्
Śrauta-sūtra
बौधायनश्रौतसूत्रम्
Baudhāyana Śrautasūtra
Usually counted the oldest of the śrautasūtras; the śrauta part of the Baudhāyana Kalpa.
Where to hear and read it
Sanskrit e-textCaland’s edition (Asiatic Society, Calcutta), in Roman transliterationTITUS(opens in a new tab)
Previous: Āpastamba Śulbasūtra Next: Baudhāyana Gṛhyasūtra
Gṛhya-sūtraBaudhāyana Gṛhyasūtraबौधायनगृह्यसूत्रम्
Dharma-sūtraBaudhāyana Dharmasūtraबौधायनधर्मसूत्रम्
Śulba-sūtraBaudhāyana Śulbasūtraबौधायनशुल्बसूत्रम्

Hiraṇyakeśi (Satyāṣāḍha)

Close to Āpastamba, and followed especially in Maharashtra.

Bhāradvāja

A smaller Taittirīya school.

Gṛhya-sūtraBhāradvāja Gṛhyasūtraभारद्वाजगृह्यसूत्रम्

Vaikhānasa

The school of the Vaikhānasa archakas of many Viṣṇu temples. Its Smārtasūtra holds both the gṛhya and the dharma parts.

Āgniveśya

A Taittirīya school preserved in Kerala.

Gṛhya-sūtraĀgniveśya Gṛhyasūtraआग्निवेश्यगृह्यसूत्रम्

Not on this path, and why

Not yet linked: the Bhāradvāja and Vaikhānasa Śrautasūtras, the Hiraṇyakeśi Dharmasūtra and the Vādhūla sūtras. We have not found complete open e-texts we can vouch for.
The Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣad is the tenth prapāṭhaka of the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka; open the Āraṇyaka to read it.

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