Yajurveda : This Veda chiefly consists of those verses taken from Rigveda. Many original verses belonging to Yajurveda are usually in prose form and others are some explanations of the Rigvedic Mantras. Hence the Yajurveda is partially in verse and partially in prose. The Yajurveda come to us mainly in two branches known as Krishna Yajurveda and Sukla Yajurveda. The Krishna yajurveda (Black Yajurveda) is known so because contents are not well arranged and are amalgamated. The Śuklayajurveda (White Yajurveda) is so called because the verses in this are very well arranged with clarifications too. Among this two Saṃhitās, the Krishna yajurveda seems to be having three recensions named 1) Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā 2) Maitrayani Saṃhitā and 3) Taittirīya Saṃhitā. There is one more Saṃhitā, named Kapistakata Saṃhitā. The Brāhmaṇa of this part is known as Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa; the Āraṇyakas as Taittirīya Āraṇyaka and Maitrayani Āraṇyaka. The Upaniṣads are Taittirīya Upaniṣad, Maitrayani Upaniṣad and Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad.

    The Saṃhitā portion of the Śukla yajurveda is Vajaseniya Saṃhitā. This part has two recension – Kānva and Mādhyandina Śākhā. The Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa contains one hundred chapters. The final part of this Brāhmaṇa is Brihadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad. Some other Upaniṣads of Yajurveda are Iśa Upaniṣad and Kaṭha Upaniṣad.