Sama-Veda
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Sama-Veda
C18: from Sanskrit sāman a chant + Veda
Example Sentences
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Many verses of the holy books, above all the Upanishads of Sama-Veda spoke of this innermost thing.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
Colebrooke, On the Vedas, Abstract of the Sama-Veda; also in Colebrooke's Miscellaneous Essays, vol. i. p.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
Some authorities declare it to belong to the Yajur-Veda, others to the Sama-Veda, while a large number put it down as a part of the Atharva-Veda.
From The Upanishads by Swami Paramananda
One of the four Vedas, namely, the Sama-Veda, entirely consists of hymns.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky
According to the Brahmans, they are coeval with the creation, and the Sama-Veda says, “They were formed of the soul of Him who exists by, or of, himself.”
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook
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