○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