

But I have an interest in Sama Veda and an affection for it. I did not learn any Sama Veda mantra chanting. This is how he was able to have so much power and create havoc in the life of Lord Rama.ĭuring the recent Karthigai Brahmotsavam, the Ramanashram hosted a group of Samaveda Udgatar priests from Kerala who rendered an excellent chanting of selections from the Samaveda, every afternoon, for all the ten days of the Utsavam. The collection is made up of hymns, portions of hymns, and detached verses, taken mainly from the Rig Veda, transposed and re-arranged, without reference to. By nominal I mean that I used to follow rituals in the family as per Sama Veda knowledgeable priests but thats it.

Yajur Veda The book consists of sacrificial rituals and formulae. Sama Veda The book of chants with hymns taken from Rig Veda.

The most important one is the Aumkaar (Pranava Upasana) empahsised in Taittriya Upanishad and is the central theme of the Mandukya Upa-nishad. The history of the later Vedic period is based mainly on the Vedic texts which were compiled after the age of Rig Veda. Additionally, when chanting the Vedas, we should know the meaning of the Vedas. Lord Shiva is believed to be a great fan of the Sama Veda chanting and in the epic Ramayana, Ravana gains the special favour of Lord Shiva by singing the Samaveda ganas to him while playing on his veena. The Essence of Veda Chanting the Vedas, I am the Sama-veda. If the Rig Veda is the knowledge, then the Sama Veda is its realization. The Sama Veda represents the ecstasy of spiritual knowledge and the power of devotion. Its secret lies in its musical annotation and rendering. It consists of various hymns of the Rig Veda put to a different and more musical chant. It consists of a collection of hymns, portions of hymns, and detached verses, all but 75 taken from the Sakala Sakha of the Rigveda, the other 75 belong to the Bashkala Sakha, which are to be sung, using specifically indicated melodies called Samagana, by Udgatar priests at special Homas and Yagnas, in which the juice of the Soma plant, clarified and mixed with milk and other ingredients, is offered as propitiation to various deities. Its Sanhita, or metrical portion, consists chiefly of hymns to be chanted by the Udgatar priests at the performance. 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. This is the correct way of chanting the gayatri mantra.Translation:'L. HYMNS OF THE SAMAVEDA Translated with a Popular Commentary Ralph T.H. The vedanta schools mainly delve into the spiritual, philosophical and metaphysical. Its earliest parts are believed to date from 1700 BC and it ranks next in sanctity and liturgical importance to the Rig veda. The sama veda begins with praising goddess gayatri.Recital is as per the Kuthuma sakha. The 4 Vedas are the Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, and Atharvana Veda. The Sāmaveda, (in sanskrit sāman means melody and veda means knowledge), is the second of the four Vedas.
