Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c10.46

c10.46

In conclusion, it may be noted that the Yajurveda read as a literary work is not perhaps interesting but it is supremely important and interesting to a student of religion who will find in it a source for the study not only of Indian but also of the general science of religion. He will find it specially valuable for a study of the origin, development, and the significance of *prayer* in the evolution of religious ideas. The *Yajurveda* also supplies the key to an understanding of the later literature of the *Brāhmaṇas* of which it contains the origins and also of the *Upanishads* following the *Brāhmaṇas*.