सामवेद — {vedá} m. 'Veda of chants', N. of one of the three principal Vedas ( See {veda}##it contains a number of verses or stanzas nearly all of which {except about 78} occur in the Ṛig-veda and which, modified in various ways, are chanted, mostly, by the Udgātṛi priests at Soma sacrifices##the Saṃhitā of the Sāma-veda consists of two parts##the first, called Arcika {or Purviccika or Chando-grantha}, contains 585 verses disjoined from their proper sequence in the Ṛig-veda and arranged in 59 Daśatis or decades, which again are subdivided into Prapāṭhakas and Ardha-prapāṭhakas##the second, called Uttarârcika or Uttarā-grantha, contains 1225 verses, also chiefly from the Ṛik-saṃhitā, but less disjointed than in the first part, and arranged in nine Prapāhakas with Ardha-prapāṭhakas, mostly, however, grouped in triplets##the directions for the formation of Sāmans or chants out of these verses are carefully laid down in the Gānas or manuals for chanting, two of which, viz. the Geya-gāna and Āraṇya-g, are a directory for the Ārcika portion, and two, viz. Ūha-gṭgāna and Ūhya-gāna, for the Uttarârcikā##in Mn. i, 23 the Sāma-veda is described as drawn forth from the sun##in iv, 124 it is described as having a special reference to the Pitṛis or deceased ancestors, and its sound is therefore said to possess a kind of impurity, whereas the Ṛig-veda has the gods for his objects and the Yajurveda men##the Sāma-veda is said to possess 8 Brāhmaṇas [see {brāhmaṇa}] Br. ŚāṅkhŚr. &c. {īW. 25}##{-cchala} n. {-paritiṣṭa} n. {-rahasya} n. {-rahasyôpaniṣad} f. N. of wks##{-rāj} m. N. of Vishṇu Pañcar##{-vid} mfn. familiar with the ṢaḍvBr-vṭveda##{-śikṣā} f. N. of a Śikshā##{-sāra} m. N. of Vishṇu Pañcar##{dântaga} mfn. one who has gone through the SṭṢaḍvBr-vṭveda MBh##{dârtha} m. {dârtha-prakāśa} m. N. of wks##{dīya-rudrī} f. {dīya-raudra-vidhi} m. {dôpaniṣad} f. N. of wks
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