Samaveda has the root of music and dance tradition of this planet.Ītharva Veda- It contains the "knowledge or procedures for everyday life". Samaveda- It is the Veda of melodies and chants. The Krishna Yajurveda and the Shukla Yajurveda. The Yajur Veda is divided into two groups. Yajurveda- It is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals. Rigveda has been orally transmitted since the 2nd millennium BCE. It contains the oldest extant texts in any Indo-European language. Rigveda- It is the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit text. The Vedas were transferred orally through generations, since the 2nd millennium BCE with the help of elaborate mnemonic techniques. It distinguishes them from other religious texts which are called smṛti that means, what is remembered. Vedas in Sanskrit are called śruti which means, what is heard. There are four different kinds of Vedas: the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda. Strictly speaking, the Uha Gana is not part of the original Veda but the application of the Samans from the Prakrti Gana based on the Purvarcika to the mantras of the Uttararcika.The vedas are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. The Gana part of the Samavead is also divided into Prakrti Gana and Uha Gana. Amongst these 1771 Verses are from the Rigveda Only 99 verses of this Samhita are not found in the Rigveda- Samhita and thus are regarded to be of Samaveda itself. So the total number of verses in the Samaveda-Samhita is 1875. The Uttararcika, the second part of the Samaveda-Samhita, consists total number of 1225 verses. Aranya – 55 verses for Indra, Agni, Soma etc.Pavamana – 119 verses for Soma Pavamana.The Samaveda- Samhita of Kauthumas, consists of two parts, Archika and gana. (1) Kauthuma (2) Jaiminiya (3) Ranayaniya But today, Kauthuma Shakha is known more prominently. But at present there are only three rescensions. Form and Division:Īccording to the ancient tradition, told by Patanjali, the Samaveda had 1000 rescensions ( Shakhas). Thus major theme of the Samaveda can be regarded as worship and devotion ( Upasana). In the spiritual sense Soma represents All-pervading, Glorious Lord and Brahman, who is attainable only through devotion and musical chanting. Here Indra, Agni and Soma deities are mainly invoked and praised but most of the time these prayers seem to be the invocations for the Supreme Being. In the Bhagavadgata, where Lord Krishna has declared “Among the Vedas I am Samaveda”- Vedanama Samavedosmi (Gita, 10.22). Traditional the Vedas are spoken as ‘Trayi‘, because thay are composed of three kinds in mantras- Rcs or verses, Yajus or prose, Saman or chants.Īmong the four Vedas, the Samaveda is regarded as the foremost. According to the Jaiminiya Sutra – ‘Melody is called Saman.’ Its stanzas assume their proper character of musical samans or chants only in the various song-books called Ganas. The Samaveda is, therefore, specially intended for the Udagatr priest. The Samaveda is compiled exclusively for ritual application, for its verses are all meant to be chanted at the ceremonies of the Soma-sacrifice and procedures derived from it. These verses are chiefly derived from the eighth and the ninth Mandalas of the Rigveda. It is important to note that the Samhita of the Samaveda is an independent collection (Samhita), yet it has taken many verses, a large number indeed, from the Samhita of Rigveda. It is closely connected with the Rigveda. The Samaveda is shortest of all the four Vedas.
Kerala School of Astronomy and Mathematics.Continuity of oral and textual traditions of the Vedas.
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