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Senior Sama Veda researcher Wayne Howard states emphatically in his Veda Recitation in Variance that what western musicologists call "Centonisation" was ustilised in the Sama Veda Samhita and its auxiliary texts. Here is what Subroto Roy has to say in the Musical heritage of the Sama Veda. Sama Veda is the driving force behind emergence of a formal system of music from the ancient liturgical world of music. The Sama Veda Samhita has taken many verses from the Rig veda Samhita especially from the eighth mandala and the ninth Mandalas. Sama Veda is very closely aligned with the Rig Veda. They were sung by Udgatar priests and essentially was a reflection of their world views. The Sama Veda was compiled specifically so that its verses could be chanted at the ceremonies of the Soma-sacrifices. It contains all apsects of music including metre, mantra, chhanda and, linguistics. The Sama Veda is the oldest musical arrangement and earliest human literature on music in the world. The Sama Veda is the shortest of all 4 Vedas.The total number of verses in the Sama veda-Samhita is 1875 of which 1771 Verses are from the Rigveda and 99 verses belong to Sama Veda. It is generally believed to have been composed around 1000 BC with some of the oldest parts of the Sama Veda can be dated to as early as 1700 BC.Īt that time Europe and Arab were still barbarians! Sama Veda is one of the oldest texts in any Indo-European language.
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The other three Vedas are the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda and the Atharva Veda. The Sama Veda is the third out of the 4 Vedas and forms an important core of Hindu religious tradition.
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In this article I will talk about some interesting facts about Sama Veda.