Samaveda

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Hindu scripture Veda ancient Indian text

Samaveda is one of the four Vedas of ancient Indian scripture, primarily consisting of melodies and chants used in Vedic rituals and early Hindu liturgy.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Samaveda canonical	16
Sama Veda	3
Sāmaveda	2
Samhita	1
Vedic chanting	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu scripture ⓘ Veda ⓘ ancient Indian text ⓘ
associatedUpanishad	Chāndogya Upanishad ⓘ surface form: Chandogya Upanishad Kena Upanishad ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Agni ⓘ Indra ⓘ
canonicalStatus	one of the four Vedas ⓘ
citationForm	Samaveda self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sāmaveda
cosmologyRole	supports ritual order (ṛta) ⓘ
derivedFrom	Rigveda ⓘ surface form: Rigveda hymns
etymology	Sama means melody or song in Sanskrit ⓘ
focus	musical rendition of Rigvedic hymns ⓘ
genre	liturgical text ⓘ religious chant collection ⓘ
hasSection	Āraṇyaka ⓘ surface form: Aranyaka Brahmana ⓘ Samhita ⓘ Upanishads ⓘ surface form: Upanishad
influenceOn	Hindu temple liturgy ⓘ Indian classical music ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ surface form: Vedic Sanskrit
liturgicalFunction	chanting during Soma sacrifice ⓘ chanting during fire rituals ⓘ
meaningOfName	Veda of melodies ⓘ
partOf	four Vedas ⓘ
preservationMethod	memorization and recitation ⓘ
primaryContent	chants ⓘ hymns ⓘ melodies ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
relatedWork	Atharvaveda ⓘ Rigveda ⓘ Yajurveda ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
script	transmitted orally in Vedic tradition ⓘ
scripturalStatus	shruti ⓘ
statusInTradition	revered as sacred revelation ⓘ
subject	ritual chanting ⓘ sacred music ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ
timePeriod	composed in the late second millennium BCE (approximate) ⓘ
tradition	Krishna Yajurveda-related Saman schools ⓘ Shukla Yajurveda-related Saman schools ⓘ
transmission	oral tradition ⓘ
usedIn	Brahmanas ⓘ surface form: Vedic rituals early Hindu liturgy ⓘ

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Subject: Samaveda
Description of subject: Samaveda is one of the four Vedas of ancient Indian scripture, primarily consisting of melodies and chants used in Vedic rituals and early Hindu liturgy.

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hinduism → hasScripture → Samaveda ⓘ

Vedas → hasPart → Samaveda ⓘ

Om → usedIn → Samaveda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vedic chanting

Vedic period → associatedWith → Samaveda ⓘ

Rigveda → hasPart → Samaveda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samhita

Rigveda → relatedWork → Samaveda ⓘ

Yajurveda → relatedTo → Samaveda ⓘ

Samaveda → citationForm → Samaveda self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sāmaveda

Atharvaveda → relatedTo → Samaveda ⓘ

ancient India → producedText → Samaveda ⓘ

subject surface form: Ancient India

Vyasa → organized → Samaveda ⓘ

Brahmana → linkedTo → Samaveda ⓘ

Somayajna → scripturalBasis → Samaveda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sama Veda

Rajasuya → associatedWithText → Samaveda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sama Veda

shruti → includes → Samaveda ⓘ

subject surface form: Shruti

Āraṇyaka → associatedWith → Samaveda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sāmaveda

Brahmanas → associatedWithVeda → Samaveda ⓘ

Grihyasutras → associatedWith → Samaveda ⓘ

Shruti → includes → Samaveda ⓘ

Old Indo-Aryan → attestedIn → Samaveda ⓘ

Hindu scriptures → hasPart → Samaveda ⓘ

Chāndogya Upanishad → partOf → Samaveda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sama Veda

Kena Upanishad → partOf → Samaveda ⓘ