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    Samaveda (redirect from Sama-veda)
    important foundations for subsequent Indian music. It is also referred to as Sama Veda. Michael Witzel states that there is no absolute dating for Samaveda and...
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  • Look up sama, samā, or -sama in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sama or SAMA may refer to: Sama, Burkina Faso, a town in the Kouka Department, Banwa Province...
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    did not regard the Vedas as authoritative, are referred to as "heterodox" or "non-orthodox" (nāstika) schools. The Sanskrit word véda "knowledge, wisdom"...
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    assumes the colour yellow and the Vedas are categorized into four parts: Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda. [citation needed] Yuga (Sanskrit:...
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    Vamana (section Sama Veda)
    to the Sama Veda that it 'is made up of hymns, portions of hymns, and detached verses, taken mainly from the Rigveda'. The above-quoted Sama Veda hymn,...
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  • Samhita (category Vedas)
    or verses". Saṃhitā also refers to the most ancient layer of text in the Vedas, consisting of mantras, hymns, prayers, litanies and benedictions. Parts...
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    of the pratisakhya belonging to Sama Veda is Rk Tantra. Most of the mantras in Sama Veda are either from the Rk Veda or adapted from it, though sung differently...
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  • Samagana (redirect from Sam Veda)
    hymns of Veda but represents the philosophy and science of uniting thought, sound and music. Sāmagāna is purpose of creation of Samaveda. Sāma is singing...
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  • Shakha (category Vedas)
    Kapiṣṭhala-Katha Saṃhita (KapS). Śaunaka's Caraṇa-vyuha lists twelve shakhas for the Sama Veda out of a thousand that are said to have once existed, but that of these...
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  • the Sama Veda(including the Vedic Branch he was born into). In Sanskrit Trivedi means 'one that knows the Sama Veda’, from tri = 'three' + veda ‘sacred...
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    Rigveda (redirect from Rg Veda)
    Books 8 and 9 of the Rigveda are by far the largest source of verses for Sama Veda. Book 10 contributes the largest number of the 1350 verses of Rigveda...
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    as "That Thou Art" (that you are), (Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7 of the Sama Veda, with tat in Ch.U.6.8.7 referring to sat, "the Existent"); correctly translated...
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  • literature, Aupamanyava is listed as a Vedic sage and teacher of the Sama Veda. The patronymic Aupamanyava or "Upmanya" establishes him as a descendant...
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    Chāndogyopaniṣad) is a Sanskrit text embedded in the Chandogya Brahmana of the Sama Veda of Hinduism. It is one of the oldest Upanishads. In the Muktika canon...
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  • sage Kamboja Aupamanyava referred to in the Vamsa Brahmana (1.18) of the Sama Veda. In the Shiva Purana, Upamanyu is stated to be the son of Sage Vyāghrapāda...
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    brahmāsmi (I am Brahman) Yajur Veda Bhūrivala Hastāmalakācārya West Dvāraka Pīṭhaṃ Tattvamasi (That thou art) Sama Veda Kitavala Toṭakācārya North Jyotirmaṭha...
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  • Hindu texts (section Vedas)
    Sanskrit. The Vedas are considered Shruti texts. The Vedas consist of four parts: Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda, and Atharva Veda. Each Veda is subcategorized...
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  • octave is said to have evolved from the elaborate and elongated chants of Sama Veda, based on these basic swaras. Siksha is the subject that deals with phonetics...
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    juxtaposes the Kambojas, Bahlikas and Gandharas. The Vamsa Brahmana of the Sama Veda refers to Madrakara Shaungayani as the teacher of Aupamanyava Kamboja...
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    its beginnings to the chanting of the SamaVeda, the vast collection of verses (Sama), many from the Rig–veda itself, set to melody and sung by singer–priests...
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    tradition, believed to be initiated by Adi Shankara, it holds authority over Sama Veda. The head of the matha is called Shankarayacharya, the title derives from...
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  • Maśaka, and Sthiraka: the Gārgyas mentioned in the Vamsa Brahmana of the Sama Veda Kuṇī Gārgya, mentioned in Mahabharata 9.51.3-4 Kroṣṭuki Gārgya, mentioned...
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    of Sama Veda places it in the tenth Anuvaka of the fourth chapter (inside Jaiminia Brahmana). The Kena Upanishad is accepted as part of Sama Veda, but...
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    am Brahman) Yajur Veda Bhurivala Sri Bharati Tirtha Hastāmalakācārya West Dvāraka Sharada Pīṭhaṃ Tattvamasi (That thou art) Sama Veda Kitavala Swami Sadanand...
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  • The Chandogya Upanishad, which belongs to the Kauthuma Śākhā of the Sāma Veda, conceives the whole universal activity of creation as a kind of yajna...
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    Juhu, Vagambhrini, Paulomi, Yami, Indrani, Savitri and Devayani. The Sama Veda adds Nodha, Akrishtabhasha, Sikatanivavari and Gaupayana. In Mahabharata...
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  • Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge University Press. p. 37. ISBN 0521438780. "THE VEDAS - Ancient Indian Literature". India Past. 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2020-09-14...
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    sense. Interpreted in their way the whole formula may be thus rendered. Sama Veda: 2.812; Vajasenayi Samhita (M): 3.35, 22.9, 30.2, 36.3; Taittiriya Samhita:...
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    from a group of classical musicians and classical dancers. They follow Sama Veda and believed to have been originated from Odisha, India. Samvedis are...
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    Om (section Vedas)
    goal of knowledge, the sacred syllable Om. I am the Ṛig Veda, Sāma Veda, and the Yajur Veda." — Krishna to Arjuna, Bhagavad Gita 9.17 The significance...
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