Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c8.32

c8.32

‘**Yajña.**’ The term *Yajña* is derived from root *yaj*, to worship. Those words by which worship is performed are called *yajus*. Worship was performed in the form of what is called a *Yajña*. As the Veda itself is to serve the purposes of this kind of worship or Yajña which was performed primarily by the use of *yajus*, the *Yajurveda*, as we have seen, counts as the most important of the four Vedas, while some of its parts are also the most ancient.