[Advaita-l] Atharvavediya Narayana suktam

[Nithin Sridhar]

This is an interesting blog-post I have found-
http://all-about-sanskrit.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/the-state-of-vedic-rescensions.html

I hope learned members can comment on it.

Regards,
Nithin

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Sunil Bhattacharjya via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear friends.
>
>
> Animeshji talked about many Atharvavadin brahimns switchng over to
> Shuklayajurveda. I was wondering as to what could be the reason.
>
> While the sage Yajnavalkya attained the Shuklayajurveda from Lord Surya,
> the status of the Atharva-veda was recognized by no less than Lord Shiva
> himself. Was then switch-over due to the desire of some of the atharvavedin
> brahmins to participate as priests in the Shrauta karmas and reaping  the
> consequent higher economic benefits ?
>
> Regards,Sunil KB
>
>
>      On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 2:45 AM, Animesh via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>
>  SrI mAtre namaH
>
> Namaste ,
>
> SrI S.N.Sastri wrote "
>  I would like to know whether thare are Brahmins who belong to Atharva
> veda."
>
> Yes there are handful brahmins who are maintaining  tradition of this
> atharva veda ( saunaka shAkhA ). My community is one of them .( smarta
> nAgara brahmins ) But unfortunately most of  this atharvavedin brahmins
> switched to shuklayajur veda .( There are many reasons that can't be talked
> openly if you wish to known then kindly mail me personally )
> According to my knowledge our family is single atharvavedin family in city
> of Ujjain. About 10-12 families in Gujarat are also maintaining saunaka
> shAkhA. Madhya Pradesh , and Gujrat have a tradition of saunaka shAkhA.
> In case of paippalAda shAkhA , Some brahmin villages in Orrisa are purely
> paippalAdins.They are maintaining paippalAda tradition and have number of
> followers more than that of our shAkhA. Orrisa , Jharkhanda, West Bengal
> have tradition of paippalAda shakha.
>
> SrI bhAskar wrote
> "
> And I also want to know whether Shukla yajurveda has mahAnArAyaNa
> Upanishad mantra-s like in Krishna yajurveda.  In Krishna yajurveda
> mahAnArAyaNa up. Would come in AraNyaka portion.
> "
> No suklayajurveda don't have mahanarayana upnishada unlike of
> krishnayajurveda.
> But a version is there for atharvan veda.And it is categoried in
> Upanishada .It have several patha bhedas , more mantras ( for example tila
> homa mantra ) , and sometimes less mantras  ( for example linga sthapana
> mantras ) than that of taittarIya version.
>
>
> Regards
> Animesh
>
>
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