SAMVEDA. (English Edition).

Kishore, Dr. B. R.

Published by New Delhi. 1998. Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. /A.W.H. Sameer series

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orange & gold full color illustrated trade paperback soft cover 8vo. near fine cond. binding square & tight. spine uncreased. covers clean. edges clean. faint smudges on front flyleaf, . 1" tear on pg. 17, otherwise contents free of markings. first edition. first printing (NAP). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~. 160p. english introduction & english translation of the Samveda (samaveda). ~philosophy. religion.hinduism. psychology. cosmology. theosophy. theology. The term "Saman means a chant or melody, and it designates the whole Samhita of the Samveda, because it is metrical, set to music, and is meant to be sung and chanted by the udgatr priest at the time of fire~sacrifice. Except the 75 suktas or hymns, most others of the Samveda are borrowed from the Rigveda. Of these 75 hymns, some are partly found in other Samhitas, and some are only pieced together out of various suktas of the Rigveda, and so offer divergent readings. But traditionally it is held that there is no repetition in the Vedas, because a mantra in different texts and contexts reveals different meanings and when the Vedic texts are revealed and visioned words how there can be any repetition. Would God repeat Himself?The Samveda comprises two parts: (i) the "Purvarchika"and (ii) the "Uttrarchika". Archika means a "verse collection". The Purvarchika consists of five kandas, viz., Agneya Kanda, Ayendra Kanda, Pavaman Kanda, Aranyaka Kanda, and Mah?n?mnya Archika. Uttrarchika is also divided into books and chapters. The hymns or strotas in the Purvarchika are comparatively more orderly in their arrangement and are older in composition than the verses of Uttrarchika. The later also introduces some such melodies as for which the Purvarchika has no chant. The Samveda, about half the size of Rigveda, is the songbook of the udgatr priests, and its text is all drawn from the Rigveda, but it is set to music. The hymns in this Veda are addressed to Indra, Soma and Agni. Among the Vedas, Samveda is regarded the foremost. In the Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna has declared " Of the Vedas, I am Saman." very scarce item.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SAMVEDA. (English Edition).
• Publisher: New Delhi. 1998. Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. /A.W.H. Sameer series
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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  • hinduism
  • philosophy
  • religion