Yajurvedi: The word denotes one of the two subcastes of Deshastha Brahmin

Deshastha Brahmin

Deshastha Brahmins are the original and the oldest Hindu Brahmin sub-caste mainly from the Indian state of Maharashtra and some districts of northern Karnataka. The word Deshastha comes from the Sanskrit words Desha and Stha which mean inland or country and resident respectively...

 of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 and Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

. The other subcaste is Rigvedi

Rigvedi

Rigvedi: The word mainly denotes one of the two subcastes of Deshastha Brahmin of Maharashtra & Karnataka, India. The other subcaste is Yajurvedi...

. The word Yajurvedi is derived from Yajurveda

Yajurveda

The Yajurveda, a tatpurusha compound of "sacrificial formula', + ) is the third of the four canonical texts of Hinduism, the Vedas. By some, it is estimated to have been composed between 1400 and 1000 BC, the Yajurveda 'Samhita', or 'compilation', contains the liturgy needed to perform the...

, one of the four holy Veda (religious texts) of Hindus.
. The Yajurvedis are further divided into Shukla & Krishna yajurvedi, the former being mooted by Rishi Yajnyavalkya. In Maharashtra most Shukla Yajurvedis are from the Madhayandin Shakha and other from Kanav. The Madhyandin Yajurvedis arrived in the Nashik district of Maharashtra from Gujrat about 500 years ago.