The
Yajurveda (Sanskrit: यजुर्वेद, , from meaning "prose mantra" and
veda meaning "knowledge") is the Veda of prose mantras. An ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, it is a compilation of ritual offering formulas that were said by a priest while an individual performed ritual actions such as those before the
yajna fire. Yajurveda is one of the four
Vedas, and one of the scriptures of
Hinduism. The exact century of Yajurveda's composition is unknown, and estimated by scholars to be around 1200 to 1000 BCE, contemporaneous with
Samaveda and
Atharvaveda.