काण्व-माध्यन्दिन-भेदः
अत्र काण्व-माध्यन्दिन-शाखे वर्तेते। ३३ मन्त्राः काण्व एव सन्ति। ६६ माध्यन्दिन एव दृश्यन्ते । अन्ये समानाः, परन्तु तेष्वपि व्यवस्थाभेदः बहुत्र वर्तते। शतपथब्राह्मणे भेदाः सन्ति।
माध्यन्दिनशाखा
Currently found all over North India- Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and even Maharashtra (up to Nashik), West Bengal, Assam, Nepal.
काण्वाः
Currently found in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. In Orissa, the followers of this shakha follow a slightly different text. Epigraphic evidence shows that they were once present all over India, as far as Himachal Pradesh and possibly in Nepal.
कलिङ्गान्ध्रपाठः
Utkala region has a lot of kAnva adhyayees only. This pATha is slightly different from that followed in TN, Mh and Kar & thus represents an ancient divergence within the kANva tradition. Some reciters also preserve exaggerated hastamudra-s like mAdhyaMdina-s & might represent a bridge between the two traditions. Perhaps, mAdhyaMdina was originally recited in manner closer to what is seen in Odisha before it lost intonations.