{{Hindu scriptures Kāṇva Shākha (

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:काण्व शाखा) is the oldest

shakha A shakha () is a Hindu theological school that specializes in learning certain Vedic texts, or else the traditional texts followed by such a school.V. S. Apte. A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary, p. 913, left column.Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-Engli ...

("branch" or "recension") of

Shukla Yajurveda The ''Yajurveda'' (, , from यजुस्, "worship", and वेद, "knowledge") is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals.Michael Witzel (2003), "Vedas and Upaniṣads", in ''The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism'' (Edito ...

. The ''Kānva'' tradition is followed mostly in

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. The ''Kānva Shākha'' was quite prevalent around the period of Shankaracharya's birth. The ''parampara'' ''āchārya'' (main founding guru) for ''Shukla Yajurveda'' was sage ''

Yajnavalkya Yajnavalkya or Yagyavalkya (, International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST:) is a Hindu Vedic sage prominently mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (c. 700 BCE) and Taittiriya Upanishad, ''Tattiriya Upanishad''., Quote: "Yajnav ...

''. The main ''Samhita'' for ''Kānva Shākha'' is the ''Kanva Samhita'' and the corresponding ''brahmana'' is '' Kanva Shatapatha Brahmana''. The main

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s of the ''Kānva Shākha'' are ''

Ishavasya Upanishad The ''Isha Upanishad'' (, ), also known as ''Shri Ishopanishad'', ''Ishavasya Upanishad'', or ''Vajasaneyi Samhita Upanishad'', is one of the shortest Upanishads, embedded as the final chapter (''adhyāya'') of the Shukla Yajurveda. It is a ''M ...

'' and ''

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad The ''Brihadaranyaka Upanishad'' (, ) is one of the Mukhya Upanishads, Principal Upanishads and one of the first Upanishadic scriptures of Hinduism. A key scripture to various schools of Hinduism, the ''Brihadaranyaka Upanisad'' is tenth in the ...

''. The ''Shrauta Sutra'' for ''Kānva Shākha'' is ''Katyayana Shrauta Sutra'' and the ''Grhya Sutra'' is ''Paraskara Grhya Sutram''. The major ''āchārya''s who belonged to the ''Kānva Shākha'' included: * Sureshvaracharya (aka.

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), who was the disciple of Shankaracharya. * Akkalkot Swami Samarth revered as ''Dattatreya avatara'' also belonged to the ''Kānva Shākha''.

Traditions

The style of recitation or chanting of the Kānva Shākha is quite distinct compared to the Madhyandina Shakha of the

and the ''Kānva'' ''Samhita'' includes 211 additional verses that are not present in the Madhyandina Shakha.

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Tradition of Shukla Yajurveda
Vedas