Definition of Sama-Veda

1. Noun. A collection of mantras and tunes for use with the Rig-Veda.

Generic synonyms: Samhita

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sama-Veda

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Sama-Veda (current term)
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Literary usage of Sama-Veda

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature So Far as it Illustrates the by Friedrich Max Müller (1859)
"... we have hitherto One index to the hymns of the Sama- veda *Ье order of the ... except the Sama-veda, have these scat- ons been arranged into regular ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The Sama Veda (from saman. a chant) is a collection of the words to be used by ... In accordance with the purpose of the Sama Veda they stand not in their ..."

3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The Sama Veda (from saman, a chant) is a collection of the words to be used by ... In accordance with the purpose of the Sama Veda they stand not in their ..."

4. History of the sect of Mahárájas, or Vallabhácháryas, in western India by Karsondas Mulji, Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (1865)
"Besides, the ceremonial for which this Veda was made up is much more diversified and elaborate than that of the Sama-veda; and the mystical and ..."

5. An Historical Sketch of Sanscrit Literature: With Copious Bibliographical by Friedrich von Adelung (1832)
"The Sama Veda. The Sama Veda, from Saman, a prayer arranged for singing, consists of more than ... Upanishad, Commentar iiber den Sama Veda, in Sanskrit mit ..."

6. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India by John Muir (1873)
"The Rig-veda has the gods for its deities; the Yajur-veda has men for its objects; the Sama-veda has the pitris for its divinities, wherefore its sound is ..."

7. A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature So Far as it Illustrates the by Friedrich Max Müller (1859)
"... we have hitherto One index to the hymns of the Sama- veda *Ье order of the ... except the Sama-veda, have these scat- ons been arranged into regular ..."

8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The Sama Veda (from saman. a chant) is a collection of the words to be used by ... In accordance with the purpose of the Sama Veda they stand not in their ..."

9. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The Sama Veda (from saman, a chant) is a collection of the words to be used by ... In accordance with the purpose of the Sama Veda they stand not in their ..."

10. History of the sect of Mahárájas, or Vallabhácháryas, in western India by Karsondas Mulji, Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (1865)
"Besides, the ceremonial for which this Veda was made up is much more diversified and elaborate than that of the Sama-veda; and the mystical and ..."

11. An Historical Sketch of Sanscrit Literature: With Copious Bibliographical by Friedrich von Adelung (1832)
"The Sama Veda. The Sama Veda, from Saman, a prayer arranged for singing, consists of more than ... Upanishad, Commentar iiber den Sama Veda, in Sanskrit mit ..."

12. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India by John Muir (1873)
"The Rig-veda has the gods for its deities; the Yajur-veda has men for its objects; the Sama-veda has the pitris for its divinities, wherefore its sound is ..."

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