夜柔吠陀（Yajurveda；梵文：यजुर्वेदः 是由yajus“祭祀”和veda“知识”两个词根构成的复合词）汉译名称为祭祀明论，是四大吠陀经之第三部。内容着重于礼拜及牲礼等的宗教仪式。

夜柔吠陀主要分为两卷集着：白夜柔吠陀以及黑夜柔吠陀（“白”是指本文与释文区分清楚，“黑”是指本文与释文分辨不清）。两者都包含宗教仪式的必要韵文，后者却额外包含仪式的注解散文与施行细则，而这散文也开梵语散文体裁之先河。

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The Yajurveda (Sanskrit: यजुर्वेद, yajurveda, from yajus 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.