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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Samhita 1
Sāmaveda 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Vedic period → associatedWith → Samaveda ⓘ
Samaveda → citationForm → Samaveda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sāmaveda
Rigveda → hasPart → Samaveda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samhita
Vedas → hasPart → Samaveda ⓘ
Hinduism → hasScripture → Samaveda ⓘ
Atharvaveda → relatedTo → Samaveda ⓘ
Yajurveda → relatedTo → Samaveda ⓘ
Rigveda → relatedWork → Samaveda ⓘ
Om → usedIn → Samaveda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vedic chanting