Samaveda

Also known as samved, Sama Veda

The Samaveda or Sama Veda (, , from सामन्, "song" and वेद, "knowledge"), is the Veda of melodies and chants. It is an ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, and is one of the sacred scriptures in Hinduism. One of the four Vedas, it is a liturgical text which consists of 1,875 verses. All but 75 verses have been taken from the Rigveda. Three recensions of the Samaveda have survived, and variant manuscripts of the Veda have been found in various parts of India.

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The Samaveda is an ancient Hindu sacred text focused on melodies and chants, consisting of 1,875 verses mostly drawn from an earlier Vedic scripture called the Rigveda. As one of four foundational Vedas in Hinduism, it served as a liturgical guide and represents an important part of Hindu religious and cultural heritage that has survived in multiple versions across India.

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Religious text.religion: Historical Vedic religionHinduism
Religious text.image: Four vedas|280px
Religious text.alt: Four Vedas
Religious text.language: Vedic Sanskrit
Religious text.caption: Four Vedas
Religious text.period: Vedic period (c. 1200-900 BCE)
Religious text.chapters: 6 adhyayas
Religious text.verses: 1,875 mantras
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Image: 1863 CE palm leaf manuscript, Jaiminiya Aranyaka Gana, Samaveda (unidentified layer of texts), Sanskrit, Southern Grantha script, Malayali scribe Kecavan, sample ii.jpg

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earliest date: 1200-00-00
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title: सामवेद
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Dating and historical context
Text
Recensions
Organization
Analytics
Contents
Upanishads
Chandogya Upanishad
Kena Upanishad
Manuscripts and translations
Cultural influence
See also
References
Sources
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While its earliest parts are believed to date from as early as the Rigvedic period, the existing samhita text dates from the post-Rigvedic Mantra period of Vedic Sanskrit, between c. 1200 and 1000 BCE or "slightly rather later," roughly contemporary with the Atharvaveda and the Yajurveda. Along with the Samhita layer of text, the Samaveda includes Brahmana texts, and a final layer of the text that covers philosophical speculations (Upanishads). These layers of the compilation date from the post-Rigvedic Mantra period of Vedic Sanskrit, likely around the 6th century BCE.