recaka-pUraka-kumbhaka/Yajnavalkya

[Steven E. Lindquist]

Yajnavalkya is credited with composing the White Yajurveda and not the
Black.   BAU 6.5.3 is, I believe, the first mention of this (and also a late
part of this text). The SB has Yaj. as an authority on certain ritual
matters, but his role is quite limited.  The puranas are the earliest
detailed info. on his break from his teacher (of the Black Yajurveda, hence
he couldn't have written it), his life, etc.  He is also said to have
composed the Yajnavalkyasmriti.

Tradition views all these "Yajnavalkyas" as the same person, whereas
scholars have viewed have argued for 2, 3, etc. different people/schools.
See Renou's article on Yajnavalkya and also the work of Bronkhorst.

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Steven E. Lindquist
email: s-lindquist at the-foundry.net

In the US:                    In India:
Doctoral Candidate            AIIS Junior Fellow/Affiliated Research Scholar
Dept. of Asian Studies        Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
University of TX at Austin    Pune, Maharashtra
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> From: "Ven. Tantra" <troyoga at YAHOO.COM>
> Reply-To: Indology <INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:38:41 -0800
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> Subject: question on recaka-pUraka-kumbhaka
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> Re. the Yaaj~navalkya citation from Yaaj~navalkya. Is
> this the Yaaj~navalkya believed to have authored the
> two Yajur Ved? collections (sa^mhitaa) ? the earlier
> ?Black? Taittiriiya Sa^mhitaa and the later ?White?
> Vaajasaneyii Sa^mhitaa? One wonders which it is.
>
> VT
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