Divisions Sama vedic Yajur vedic Atharva vedic Vaishnava puranas Shaiva puranas Shakta puranas Kāṇva Shākha (Sanskrit:काण्व शाखा) is the oldest shakha ("branch" or "recension") of Shukla Yajurveda.
The Kānva tradition is followed mostly in Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Karnataka, parts of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh.
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.
The major āchāryas who belonged to the Kānva Shākha included: The style of recitation or chanting of the Kānva Shākha is quite distinct compared to the Madhyandina Shakha of the Shukla Yajurveda and the Kānva Samhita includes 211 additional verses that are not present in the Madhyandina Shakha.