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Which one of the following Vedas contains sacrificial formula

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Which one of the following Vedas contains sacrificial formula?

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Correct Answer: Option C
Yajurveda is a compound Sanskrit word, composed of yajus and veda. Michael Witzel interprets Yajurveda to mean a "knowledge text of prose mantras" used in Vedic rituals. Ralph Griffith interprets the name to mean "knowledge of sacrifice or sacrificial texts and formulas".
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