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Samaveda

The Samaveda or Sama-Veda (Sanskrit: सामवेद, IAST: Sāmaveda, from सामन्, "song" and वेद, "knowledge"), is the Veda of melodies and chants. It is an ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, and is one of the sacred scriptures in Hinduism. One of the four Vedas, it is a liturgical text which consists of 1,875 verses. All but 75 verses have been taken from the Rigveda.…

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Frits StaalR. T. H. GriffithKauthuma recensionGujaratUttar Pradesh
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DevanagariGranthaSanskritIASTVedic Sanskrit
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Michael Witzel
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Theodor BenfeyFilipp FortunatovRalph Griffith
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Chapters
6 adhyayas
Language
Vedic Sanskrit
Period
Vedic period (c. 1200-900 BCE)
Religion
Historical Vedic religion Hinduism
Verses
1,875 mantras

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Samaveda → Archived, Devanagari, Hymns, March, MP3, Ralph Griffith, Veda Prasar Samiti, Wayback MachineSamaveda Song Books

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text rigveda verses upanishad chandogya sanskrit samhita vedic vedas upanishads kena melodies one parts hinduism bce musical three music veda

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SamavedaChapters6 adhyayas1.00infobox
SamavedaLanguageVedic Sanskrit1.00infobox
SamavedaPeriodVedic period (c. 1200-900 BCE)1.00infobox
SamavedaReligionHistorical Vedic religion Hinduism1.00infobox
SamavedaVerses1,875 mantras1.00infobox
Samavedais aHindu scripture in the Vedic Sanskrit language0.90text
Samavedais aVeda of Chants0.90text
in the solitude of a forestinstance ofwhile Aranyageya melodies are for personal meditative use0.80text
the Puspasutra.Just as in the Rigvedainstance ofand the rules of how the verses mapped to verses is described in the Sanskrit texts0.80text
the early sections of Samaveda typically begin with Agniinstance ofand the rules of how the verses mapped to verses is described in the Sanskrit texts0.80text
Indra hymns but shift to abstract speculationsinstance ofand the rules of how the verses mapped to verses is described in the Sanskrit texts0.80text
philosophyinstance ofand the rules of how the verses mapped to verses is described in the Sanskrit texts0.80text

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