Samaveda, ³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹, SÄmavÄ“da, Saman-veda: 13 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (सामवेद).—See under Veda.

The Purana (पà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤�, purÄṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (shai)³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (सामवेद) refers to one of the topics discussed in the ²Ñ²¹³óÄå³¾´Ç°ìá¹£a-°Õ²¹²Ô³Ù°ù²¹, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 12 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)â€� by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.—The MahÄmoká¹£atantra manuscript, consisting of 3,024 Å›lokas (metrical verses), is deposit: Dhaka, Vikramapura Majhapada, Babu Rasavihari Raya. It deals with the salvation, cosmogony (i.e., the order of cosmic regions) and contains a bibliography of Tantric literature.â€� The catalogue includes the term—³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²� in its ‘subject-matter listâ€� or Viá¹£aya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry readsâ€�tatra rudrayÄmalabrahmayÄmalÄditaá¸� sÄmavedÄdÄ«nÄmutpattikathanam .

Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English DictionarysÄmavÄ“da (सामवेद).—m (S) The Samaveda, the third of the four Vedas.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (सामवेद).—the third of the four Vedas.
Derivable forms: ²õÄå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹á¸� (सामवेदà¤�).
³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ²õÄå³¾²¹²Ô and veda (वेà¤�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (सामवेद).—[masculine] the ³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (cf. 2 ²õÄå³¾²¹²Ô).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) ³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (सामवेद) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—SaṃhitÄ. Jones. 411. Io. 135. 774. 1280. 1283. 2109. 2109. W. p. 66. Oxf. 378. 390^a. 392^a. 393. Paris. (D 174. 175. 178. Tel. 8-11). Kh. 57. B. 1, 6. 30. Report. Iii. Ben. 16. 17. Bik. 2-4. Tu7b. 18. ¸éÄå»å³ó. 2. Oudh. Iii, 2. X, 2. Xiii, 24. 26. Brl. 38. Burnell. 9^b. Mysore. 2. P. 5. Oppert. 1155. 1162. 3884. 4847. 6474. Ii, 1397. 5049. 5593. Rice. 4. Peters. 1, 120. 2, 178. Bp. 257. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 138. 140. Bu7hler 537 (PÅ«rvÄrcika).
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ Oppert. 8336. Ii, 4496.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by BharatasvÄmin. Brl. 39. Burnell. 11^a.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by MahÄsvÄmin. Oppert. Ii, 9435.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by MÄdhava, son of NÄrÄyaṇa. W. 1424 (PÅ«rvÄrcika).
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by SÄyaṇa. Io. 1283. 3004. 3005. Khn. 2. Ben. 16. 17. Brl. 40. Burnell. 11^b. Rice. 62. Peters. 2, 178. W. 1424. AnukramaṇikÄ. Peters. 2, 179. See NaigeyÄrcikÄnukrama. SarvÄnukramaṇikÄ. Peters. 2, 179. Ä€raṇyagÄna in 6 prapÄá¹haka. Io. 68. 321 (and MahÄnÄmnÄ«). 665 (dto.). 1294 (dto.). 1295 (dto.). 2389 (dto.). W. p. 67 (dto.). Oxf. 377^b. 378^a. 379^b. 392^a. Paris. (D 176. 179). L. 839. Khn. 6. B. 1, 4. Ben. 16. Bik. 4. 5 (and MahÄnÄmnÄ«). Tu7b. 18. Oudh. Iii, 2. Xiii, 28. Brl. 47-49. Burnell. 10^a. H. 1. Peters. 2, 178. W. 1425. Ä€ruṇeya, a part of it. Oudh. X, 4. ṚṣyÄdi. Oudh. Xiii, 26.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ Darpaṇa. W. 1426.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ SÄmavedÄraṇyakastobhabhÄá¹£ya. Khn. 4. P. 6. Ä€raṇyakasaṃhitÄ, the seventh prapÄá¹haka of the PÅ«rvÄrcika in the Naigeya recension. Io. 665. 1280. 1281. Oxf. 378. 393^b. B. 1, 4. Tu7b. 18. Oudh. Xiii, 12. Burnell. 10^b. P. 5. 19. Peters. 2, 178.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ SÄmÄraṇyakÄá¹…girÄbhÄá¹£ya. Np. V, 108. ŪhagÄna in 23 prapÄá¹haka. Io. 321. 1090. 1298. 2138. W. p. 67. Oxf. 377^b. 393^b. Khn. 6. Kh. 57. B. 1, 8. Ben. 16. Bik. 31 (rather ŪhyagÄna). 32. Oudh. Iii, 2. Xiii, 28. Brl. 47. 48. Burnell. 10^a. P. 6. 19. Bhr. 3. Oppert. 1156. 4655. 4833. Ii, 378. 2462. 10113. Peters. 2, 178. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 138. 141.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ DÄ«pikÄ. Brl. 49.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by PrÄ«tikara. Peters. 2, 178. 185. ŪhyagÄna or RahasyagÄna in 6 prapÄá¹haka. Io. 1091. 2130. W. p. 67. Oxf. 377^b. 378^a. 393^a. Khn. 6. B. 1, 6. 8. Ben. 16. Tu7b. 18. Oudh. Iii, 2. Brl. 48. Burnell. 10^b. P. 6. Bhr. 4. Peters. 2, 178. Bp. 257.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ DÄ«pikÄ. Brl. 49.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by PrÄ«tikara. Peters. 2, 178. 185. GrÄmageyagÄna or Praká¹›tigÄna or, as it is often wrongly called, VeyagÄna, in 17 prapÄá¹haka. Io. 665. 1092. 2121. W. p. 66. 67. Oxf. 379^a. 392^a. L. 1271. Khn. 10. Kh. 57. B. 1, 28. Report. Ii. Iii. Ben. 16. Bik. 7. 8. Oudh. Iii, 2. Xiii, 30. Brl. 47-49. Burnell. 10^a. P. 6. Oppert. Ii, 10149. Peters. 2, 178. W. 1425. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 135. 138.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ Darpaṇa by PrÄ«tikara. Peters. 2, 178. 185. MahÄnÄmnÄ«, generally the concluding chapter of the Ä€raṇyagÄna q.v. [Mackenzie Collection] 9. Oxf. 378^a. L. 1590. Kh. 61. Ben. 16. 18. Bik. 5. 8. 9. Oudh. Xiii, 28. Brl. 38. 39. P. 6. Peters. 2, 178. Stobha. Io. 665. 1280. 1667. Oxf. 378^a. 393^b. B. 1, 32. Bik. 30. 31. Oudh. Xiii, 26. Brl. 50. Burnell. 10^b. P. 6. Peters. 1, 121. 2, 180. See StobhÄnusaṃhÄra.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by Bhaá¹á¹a Åšekhara. Peters. 2, 180.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by SÄyaṇa. Oudh. Iii, 6. StobhagÄna. Oudh. X, 2. Bp. 257. Anuá¹£á¹ubh. [Mackenzie Collection] 9. Oppert. 4650. Aá¹£á¹ÄdhyÄyÄ« (?). Oudh. Iii, 2. Ä€gneya. [Mackenzie Collection] 9. Oppert. Ii, 2311. Ä€raṇabhÄga. Mysore. 2. Indrapucha. Oppert. 4653. Uttaraá¹›c. Oppert. Ii, 2294. Uttarapada ūṣmachalÄ. Oudh. X, 2. ŪhachalÄká¹£ara. L. 1415. Ṛc. Oppert. Ii, 2303. EkasÄmi. [Mackenzie Collection] 9. Oppert. 4656. Triá¹£á¹ubh. [Mackenzie Collection] 9. Oppert. 4660. Naigeya. P. 7. PavamÄna. [Mackenzie Collection] 9. Oppert. 4661. Ii, 1770. 6918. Praká¹›ti q. v. PrathamagÄna. NW. 16. BahusÄmi. [Mackenzie Collection] 9. Oppert. 4666. Bá¹›hatÄ«. [Mackenzie Collection] 9. Oppert. Ii, 4754. Bá¹›hatīṣaá¹£á¹hÄ«. Oppert. Ii, 4755. Rahasya q. v.
2) ³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (सामवेद):—Āgneya. add Oppert. I, 4652.
3) ³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (सामवेद):—SaṃhitÄ. Cs. 46-50. 53-57. Cu. add. 2524. Peters. 4, 4. Stein 10.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by SÄyaṇa. Cs. 50-52. 57. 58. Goldstu7cker 45 (first prapÄá¹haka). Stein 10 (uttarÄrcika). Ä€raṇyagÄna. Cs. 59 (and MahÄnÄmnÄ«). 60. 62-70 (and M.). 603. 604. Stein 10 (and M.).
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by ÅšobhÄkara Bhaá¹á¹a. Cs. 71. Khn. 4.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by SÄyaṇa. Cs. 68. ŪhagÄna. Cs. 72. 73. Peters. 4, 4. Stein 10.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ SÄmadarpaṇa by PrÄ«tikara. Stein 10. ŪhyagÄna. Cs. 74. 75. Stein 10.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ ³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹darpaṇa by PrÄ«tikara. Stein 10. 244. GrÄmageyagÄna. Cs. 76. 77. Fl. 1 ([fragmentary]). Stein 10. MahÄnÄmnÄ«. Cs. 61. Peters. 4, 3. Stobha. Cs. 78. Peters. 4, 5. Stein 10. SÄmarathÄntarÄṇi catvÄri. Peters. 4, 4. Extr. 7.
4) ³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (सामवेद):—Ulwar 222-27.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by SÄyaṇa. Ulwar 223. 226. SÄmavedÄnukramaṇikÄ. Ulwar 250. SarvÄnukramaṇikÄ. Ulwar 252. Extr. 70. MantrÄnukramaṇikÄ. Ulwar 251. Extr. 69. Ä€raṇyagÄna. Ulwar 228 (and MahÄnÄmnÄ«). 229 (and‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ).
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by ÅšobhÄkara Bhaá¹á¹a. Ulwar 230. Extr. 66. ŪhagÄna. Ulwar 231.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by PrÄ«tikara. Ulwar 232. ŪhyagÄna. Ulwar 233.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by PrÄ«tikara. Ulwar 234. GrÄmageyagÄna. Ulwar 235.
‰ڳ¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²¹°ù²â±Õ by PrÄ«tikara. Ulwar 236. Stobha. Ulwar 237. See StobhÄnusaṃhÄra.
5) ³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (सामवेद):—As p. 220. PÅ«rvÄrcika p. 65. UttarÄrcika As p. 220 (3 Mss). Tb. 3 (UttarÄrcika). C. by BharatasvÄmin. Hz. 1534. Åšg. 1, 6 p. 61. Ä€raṇyagÄna. As p. 26 (2 Mss.). L.. 80. C. Ä€raṇyakastobhavivaraṇa by ÅšobhÄkara. Tb. 4. ŪhagÄna. As p. 31 (6 Mss.). 220. L.. 81 ([fragmentary]). Whish 194. ŪhyagÄna. L.. 81 ([fragmentary]). Whish 195. GrÄmageyagÄna. As p. 57. 185 (2 Mss.). L.. 82 (inc.). Praká¹›ti. Edinburgh Un. (SaṃhitÄ and Pada). Hz. 1494. Whish 178 (and chalÄká¹£ara).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (सामवेद):—[=²õÄå³¾²¹-±¹±ð»å²¹] [from sÄma > ²õÄå³¾²¹²Ô] m. ‘Veda of chantsâ€�, Name of one of the three principal Vedas (See veda)
2) [v.s. ...] it contains a number of verses or stanzas nearly all of which [except about 78] occur in the Ṛg-veda and which, modified in various ways, are chanted, mostly, by the UdgÄtá¹� priests at Soma sacrifices
3) [v.s. ...] the SaṃhitÄ of the SÄma-veda consists of two parts
4) [v.s. ...] the first, called Ä€rcika [or PÅ«rvÄrcika or Chando-grantha], contains 585 verses disjoined from their proper sequence in the Ṛg-veda and arranged in 59 DaÅ›atis or decades, which again are subdivided into PrapÄá¹hakas and Ardha-prapÄá¹hakas
5) [v.s. ...] the second, called UttarÄrcika or UttarÄ-grantha, contains 1225 verses, also chiefly from the Ṛk-saṃhitÄ, but less disjointed than in the first part, and arranged in nine PrapÄá¹hakas with Ardha-prapÄá¹hakas, mostly, however, grouped in triplets
6) [v.s. ...] the directions for the formation of SÄmans or chants out of these verses are carefully laid down in the GÄnas or manuals for chanting, two of which, viz. the Geya-gÄna and Ä€raṇya-gÄna, are a directory for the Ä€rcika portion, and two, viz. Ūha-gÄna and Ūhya-gÄna, for the UttarÄrcikÄ
7) [v.s. ...] in [Manu-smá¹›ti i, 23] the SÄma-veda is described as drawn forth from the sun
8) [v.s. ...] in iv, 124 it is described as having a special reference to the Pitṛs or deceased ancestors, and its sound is therefore said to possess a kind of impurity, whereas the Ṛg-veda has the gods for his objects and the Yajurveda men
9) [v.s. ...] the SÄma-veda is said to possess 8 BrÄhmaṇas [see ²ú°ùÄå³ó³¾²¹á¹‡a] [BrÄhmaṇa; ÅšÄá¹…khÄyana-Å›rauta-sÅ«tra] etc. ([Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 25])
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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (सामवेद) [Also spelled samved]:â€�(nm) the second of the four Vedas, after the [á¹›g±¹±ð»å²¹].
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionarySamved in Hindi refers in English to:â€�(nm) the second of the four Vedas, after the [rigveda]..—samved (सामवेद) is alternatively transliterated as ³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSÄmavÄ“da (ಸಾಮವೇದ):—[noun] SÄmavÄ“da, name of one of the four vedas.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary³§Äå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ (सामवेद):—n. one of the four Vedas: Samaveda (सामवेद [²õÄå³¾²¹±¹±ð»å²¹ ] : the Veda of melodies and chants. It is an ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, and part of the scriptures of Hinduism);
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionarySamved is another spelling for संवेà¤� [²õ²¹á¹ƒv±ð»å²¹].—n. perception; knowledge; consciousness; feeling;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Beda, Das, El, Vedavedanga, Te, Samaveda, Saman, Sama, Veda.
Starts with (+1): Samavedacchala, Samavedachala, Samavedaganalakshana, Samavedamantra, Samavedamantrakhandabhashya, Samavedana, Samavedane, Samavedantaga, Samavedaparishishta, Samavedarahasya, Samavedarahasyopanishad, Samavedaraj, Samavedarka, Samavedartha, Samavedarthaprakasha, Samavedasamhitadandaka, Samavedasara, Samavedashiksha, Samavedasya brahmananyashtau, Samavedavid.
Full-text (+535): Udgatri, Udgitha, Nirritha, Chandoga, Samavedi, Svarapattana, Stobha, Samavedashiksha, Uhagana, Samavedaparishishta, Samavedarahasyopanishad, Samavedarahasya, Samavedopanishad, Veda, Samana, Chandogya, Geshna, Rathantara, Uktha, Vedodaya.
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