The Purana Index v3.c9.64

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Yajur Veda—see Yajus,¹ divided into four parts from which originated yajña, performed by four orders of priests—adhvaryu to recite Yajus, hota, the Rks, and Udgata, the Sāman, and Brahmā, the Atharvamantras,² its sākhas are 27, arranged by Vaiśampāyana, pupil of Vyāsa, and taught to his disciples including Yājñavalkya, the latter was made to vomit for his behaviour, all the texts, which the other disciples digested, in the form of partridges and hence this portion came to be known as Taittirīya, but Yājñavalkya prayed to the Sun-god who initiated him into the other portions of the Yajus in the form of a horse and hence called Vājaseneya;³ part of Viṣṇu ⁴