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    The Samaveda (Sanskrit: सामवेद, IAST: Sāmaveda, from सामन्, "song" and वेद, "knowledge"), is the Veda of melodies and chants. It is an ancient Vedic Sanskrit...
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  • to a Gautam Karana (i.e., sage Kareṇupāli). The Vaṃsa Brāhmaṅa of the Sāmaveda enumerates four members of the Gautam family among the teachers, viz. Gâtri...
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    Vedas (section Samaveda)
    roughly contemporary with the Atharvaveda, the Rigvedic Khilani, and the Sāmaveda. Witzel dates the Yajurveda hymns to the early Indian Iron Age, after c...
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    Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda Divisions Samhita Brahmana Aranyaka Upanishads Aitareya Kaushitaki Brihadaranyaka Isha Taittiriya Katha Maitrayaniya...
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    Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda Divisions Samhita Brahmana Aranyaka Upanishads Aitareya Kaushitaki Brihadaranyaka Isha Taittiriya Katha Maitrayaniya...
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    series on Hindu scriptures and texts Shruti Smriti List Vedas Rigveda Samaveda Yajurveda Atharvaveda Divisions Samhita Brahmana Aranyaka Upanishads Upanishads...
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  • revealed to the ancient sages (rishis). There are four Vedas – Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda. Each Veda has been subclassified into four...
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  • songs attributed to different branches. Shri Satvalekar in preface to Sāmaveda Samhita has given the following table of songs. Fox Strangways in Music...
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    Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda Divisions Samhita Brahmana Aranyaka Upanishads Aitareya Kaushitaki Brihadaranyaka Isha Taittiriya Katha Maitrayaniya...
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    yoga Teachers (Acharyas) Major texts Śruti Smriti Vedas Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda Upanishads Principal Upanishads Minor Upanishads Other scriptures...
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    ancient music concept traceable to Vedic era texts of Hinduism, such as the Samaveda and methods for singing the Vedic hymns. The music traditions of the North...
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    Ācāra Ātmatuṣṭi Scriptures Timeline of Hindu texts Vedas Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda Divisions Samhita Brahmana Aranyaka Upanishads Upanishads Rigveda:...
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  • Jaimini (section Samaveda)
    to his four chief disciples – Paila, Vaisampayana, Jaimini and Sumantu, Samaveda was transmitted to sage Jaimini. He classified the Veda into four, namely...
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    Jerusalem, Hebron, Safed, and Tiberius There are four Vedas: Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda. In Puruṣārtha, there are four aims of human...
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    Ācāra Ātmatuṣṭi Scriptures Timeline of Hindu texts Vedas Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda Divisions Samhita Brahmana Aranyaka Upanishads Upanishads Rigveda:...
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  • to Samaveda schools, and its 26th chapter on penance theory is borrowed almost completely from Samavidhana Brahmana layer of text in the Samaveda. The...
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    Brahmana (section Samaveda)
    Upanishad of the Brâhmana of the Kaushîtakins'. W. Caland states that of the Samaveda, three Shakhas (schools or branches) 'are to be distinguished; that of...
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    Asura (section Samaveda)
    Veda 1.35.10 In the Jaiminya (3.35.3), one of three recensions of the SamaVeda, the term 'Asura' is stated to be derived from 'rests' (√ram) in the vital...
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    Ācāra Ātmatuṣṭi Scriptures Timeline of Hindu texts Vedas Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda Divisions Samhita Brahmana Aranyaka Upanishads Upanishads Rigveda:...
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  • precise metrical archaic text of each of the Vedas (Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda). The Vedas have been divided into four styles of texts...
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  • The ten Principal Upanishads are: Īśā (IsUp), Yajurveda Kena (KeUp), Samaveda Kaṭha (KaUp), Yajurveda Praśna (PrUp), Atharvaveda Muṇḍaka (MuUp), Atharvaveda...
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    literature in Vedic Sanskrit that has survived into the modern age include the Samaveda, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda, along with the embedded and layered Vedic texts...
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    series on Hindu scriptures and texts Shruti Smriti List Vedas Rigveda Samaveda Yajurveda Atharvaveda Divisions Samhita Brahmana Aranyaka Upanishads Upanishads...
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