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| | ATHARVVEDA |
 | | They are four; Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda, but they are spoken as ‘Trayi’, the triple vidya or the threefold knowledge because they deal with jnan, bhakti and karma, and are in verse, songs and prose. |
 | | Yajurveda is a collection of sacred mantras or texts to be recited at the time of ritual sacrifice. |
 | | Thus Yajurveda is a kind of sacrificial prayer-book for the adhvaryu priest, composed in sacred hymns in verse of different mantras and also in prose. |
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