[PDF] Sama Veda eBook

Author : Dipavali Debroy
Publisher : Low Price Publications
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File Size : 18,85 MB
Release : 2003-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788173860270

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Retold in simple language, underlining importance of each Purana, with a lucid summary.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 32,88 MB
Release : 2017-01-11
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ISBN : 9781542463379

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The present volume is an unabridged edition of the Samaveda, part of a five volume set of the complete Veda Samhitas. Each Veda has been proofed and all Sanskrit terms updated and synced between versions. An index is provided at the close of each volume for all Sanskrit terms that were left untranslated. -- Volumes available in this set: 1. Rigveda 978-1542459075; 2. White Yajurveda 978-1542459105; 3. Black Yajurveda 978-1542462525; 4. Samaveda 978-1542463379; 5. Atharvaveda 978-1542464222. -- A single volume edition of all Vedas is also available: 978-1541294714 - - From the foreword: The Vedas (from the root vid, "to know," or "divine knowledge") are the most ancient of all the Hindu scriptures. There were originally three Vedas-the Laws of Manu always speaks of the three, as do the oldest (Mukhya) Upanishads-but a later work called the Atharvaveda has been added to these, to now constitute the fourth. The name Rigveda signifies "Veda of verses," from rig, a spoken stanza; Samaveda, the "Veda of chants," from saman, a song or chant; Yajurveda, the "Veda of sacrificial formulas," from yajus, a sacrificial text. The Atharvaveda derives its name from the sage Atharvan, who is represented as a Prajapati, the edlest son of Brahma, and who is said to have been the first to institute the fire-sacrifices. The complex nature of the Vedas and the array of texts associated with them may be briefly outlined as follows: "The Rig-Veda is the original work, the Yajur-Veda and Sama-Veda in their mantric portions are different arrangements of its hymns for special purposes. The Vedas are divided into two parts, the Mantra and Brahmana. The Mantra part is composed of suktas (hymns in verse); the Brahmana part consists of liturgical, ritualistic, exegetical, and mystic treatises in prose. The Mantra or verse portion is considered more ancient than the prose works; and the books in which the hymns are collected are called samhitas (collections). More or less closely connected with the Brahmanans (and in a few exceptional cases with the Mantra part) are two classes of treatises in prose and verse called Aranyaka and Upanishad. The Vedic writings are again divided into two great divisions, exoteric and esoteric, the former called the karma-kanda (the section of works) and the latter the jnana-kanda (section of wisdom)." (Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary) The great antiquity of the Vedas is sufficiently proven by the fact that they are written in such an ancient form of Sanskrit, so different from the Sanskrit now used, that there is no other work like them in the literature of this "eldest sister" of all the known languages, as Prof. Max Muller calls it. Only the most learned of the Brahman Pundits can read the Vedas in their original. Furthermore, the Vedas cannot be viewed as singular works by singular authors, but rather as compilations, assembled over a great and unknown period of time. "Almost every hymn or division of a Veda is ascribed to various authors. It is generally believed that these subdivisions were revealed orally to the rishis or sages whose respective names they bear; hence the body of the Veda is known as sruti (what was heard) or divine revelation. The very names of these Vedic sages, such as Vasishtha, Visvamitra, and Narada, all of which belong to men born in far distant ages, shows that millennia must have elapsed between the different dates of their composition." (Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary) It is generally agreed that the Vedas were finally arranged and compiled around fourteen centuries before our era; but this interferes in no way with their great antiquity, as they are acknowledged to have been long taught and passed down orally, perhaps for thousands of years, perhaps for far longer, before being finally compiled and recorded (the latter is traditionally said to have occurred on the shores of Lake Manasarovara, beyond the Himalayas).

Author : Jon William Fergus
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,43 MB
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
ISBN : 9781541294714

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"Compiled, edited and re-formatted, 2017"

Author : Elemental Hinduism
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Page : 138 pages
File Size : 19,68 MB
Release : 2017-03-17
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ISBN : 9781544766942

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The Samveda from saman "melody" and veda "knowledge", is the third of the four Vedas, the ancient core scriptures of Hinduism. Ranking next in sanctity and liturgical importance to the Rigveda, it consists of a collection (samhita) of hymns, portions of hymns, and detached verses, most of which are taken from the Rigveda. The Samveda hymns are sung by Vedic priests as they sacrifice the juice of the Soma plant, offering it in libation to various deities. While its earliest parts are believed to date from as early as 1700 BCE (the Rigvedic period), the existing compilation dates from the post-Rigvedic Mantra period of Vedic Sanskrit, c. 1200 or 1000 BCE, in the early Kuru Kingdom, roughly contemporary with the Atharvaveda and the Yajurveda. While the Samveda is full of wisdom for the student of Hinduism, one should keep in mind that the English version of the Samveda does not contain the important syllables (stobha), as well as various modulations, rests and other modifications prescribed in the song-books which give these hymns vibrational and frequency energies. While much can be learned from reading Samveda, the full power of these prayers cannot be realized until the return of the Sankrit language, a goal we are dedicated to work toward.