Word

Taittiriya_Samhita

Sanskrit

तैत्तिरीय संहित

IAST

taittirīya saṃhita

In General

Taittiriya Samhita is a recession of Krishna_Yajurveda. This recession is by Rishi Tittiri , a disciple of vysampayana. Siva panchakshara mantra and trayambaka mantra which are part of Rudra chamakam is from this samhita.

Veda

Taittiriya Samhita is the most popular Sakha of Krishna_Yajurveda. This samhita is in seven sections called Kandas. Kantas are further divided into chapters called Prapathakas. There is a total 44 prapathakas in 7 section. The whole text is a combination of poetic prose and metrical verses. Each sentence or verse is called an anuvaka and there are 651 anuvakas in all put together.

The yajna related to this samhita are: Purodasa , Yajamana , Vajapeya , Rajasuya , Darsapurnamasa , Somayaga

Taittiriya Samhita is the most popular Sakha of Krishna_Yajurveda. This samhita is in seven sections called Kandas. Kantas are further divided into chapters called Prapathakas. There is a total 44 prapathakas in 7 section. The whole text is a combination of poetic prose and metrical verses. Each sentence or verse is called an anuvaka and there are 651 anuvakas in all put together.