Hymns Of The Samaveda

Author : Ralph T.H. Griffith
Publisher : Sanctum Books
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Total Pages : 448 pages
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Download or read book Hymns of the Samaveda written by Ralph T.H. Griffith and published by Sanctum Books. This book was released on 2023-11-29 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Third in the order of the Vedic Samhitas or collections, the Samaveda represents the middle phase of the older Vedic literature. It also exemplifies an early stage of literary activity in the Indian context and bears reflections of Indo-Aryan religious life and thought. Samaveda, which mainly consists of musical hymns largely drawn from the Rgveda, the oldest of the four Vedic texts, is only next in sanctity and liturgical significance to the latter. On account of melodious nature of its verses which were intended to be sung by the udgatri or chanter-priest during the course of the performance of grand sacrificial rituals connected chiefly with the preparation of juice out of the sacred Soma creeper, the giver of mystic joy, it had special importance. In fact the Samaveda together with the Yajurveda, marks an important period of the growth of Vedic sacrifices from a simple domestic ritual to a complex and grand ceremonial conducted by four special priests. Besides, it also has deep connections with the antiquity of Indian Music, with at least two specialized groups of chanters viz., the Udichya-Samagas or the northern singers of Sama (melody) and the Prachya-Samagas or eastern singers, of which the former might represent the older tradition of Sama recitation. According to the traditional view, the Samaveda had originally about a thousand sakhas or branches but today only a few of them are extent, the rest are believed to have been lost before the text itself was reduced to writing. The present translation of Samaveda is considered as one of the authentic rendering of the Vedic text in fine metrical English with explanatory notes and useful indices without any element of subjectivity or prejudice.

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Total Pages : 338 pages
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Download or read book The Hymns of the Sâmaveda written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Hymns of the Sâmaveda written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith
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Download or read book The Hymns of the Sâmaveda written by Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Author : RALPH THOMAS HOTCHKIN. GRIFFITH
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Download or read book HYMNS OF THE SAMAVEDA written by RALPH THOMAS HOTCHKIN. GRIFFITH and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Hymns of the Sāmaveda written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ralph Griffith
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781475172584
Total Pages : 174 pages
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Download or read book Samveda written by Ralph Griffith and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Samaveda, or Veda of Holy Songs, third in the usual order of enumeration of the three Vedas, ranks next in sanctity and liturgical importance to the Rgveda or Veda of Recited praise. Its Sanhita, or metrical portion, consists chiefly of hymns to be chanted by the Udgatar priests at the performance of those important sacrifices in which the juice of the Soma plant, clarified and mixed with milk and other ingredients, was offered in libation to various deities. The Collection is made up of hymns, portions of hymns, and detached verses, taken mainly from the Rgveda, transposed and re-arranged, without reference to their original order, to suit the religious ceremonies in which they were to be employed. In these compiled hymns there are frequent variations, of more or less importance, from the text of the Rgveda as we now possess it which variations, although in some cases they are apparently explanatory, seem in others to be older and more original than the readings of the Rgveda. In singing, the verses are still further altered by prolongation, repetition and insertion of syllables, and various modulations, rests, and other modifications prescribed, for the guidance of the officiating priests, in the Ganas or Song-books. Two of these manuals, the Gramageyagdna, or Congregational, and the Aranyagana or Forest Song-Book, follow the order of the verses of part I, of the Sanhita, and two others, the Uhagana, the Uhyagana, of Part II. This part is less disjointed than part I, and is generally arranged in triplets whose first verse is often the repetition of a verse that has occurred in part I. There is no clue to the date of the compilation of the Samaveda Hymns, nor has the compiler's name been handed down to us. Such a manual was unnecessary in the early times when the Aryans first came into India, but was required for guidance and use in the complicated ritual elaborated by the invaders after their expansion and settlement in their new homes.

Author : Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265394878
Total Pages : 388 pages
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Download or read book The Hymns of the Samaveda written by Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Hymns of the Samaveda: Translated With a Popular Commentary Benares Sanskrit College, I am indebted for the loan of the College manuscripts of the text and commentary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Dharam Dev
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Total Pages : 966 pages
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Download or read book The Hymns of the Sama Veda Sanhita written by Dharam Dev and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: