Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c32.18

c32.18

Yajurveda.⁵ Vaiśampāyana made 86 saṃhitās (27, Viṣṇu) and all his disciples received them except Yājñavalkya, who was discarded because of his presumption. Those 86 disciples fashioned saṃhitās, and comprised three groups distinguished geographically, the northern, the madhyadeśya and the eastern, the chiefs of which were respectively Śyāmāyani, Āsuri and Ālambi. They were all called Carakas and Carakādhvaryus, and (says the Viṣṇu) Taittirīyas. Yājñavalkya, called Brahmarāti,⁶ fashioned independently separate yajuses,⁷ and had 15 disciples, Kaṇva, Madhyamdina, &c. (names given): they were called Vājins. So there were 101 recensions altogether.