The Samaveda alone of all the four Vedas is set to music and, as those familiar with it say,is intended to be sung. The musical form enables one to commit a song to memory with no great effort.
Of the two sections into which the text of the Veda or Samhita is divided,the first is Gana or songs containing 640 mantras,some of which are based on musical notes. Of these, again, there are two sub-divisions:namely, those which are to be sung in villages and those which are meant to be sung only in forests and not in villages.
The second section containing 235 mantras is called Arcika or prayers. Just as the Calisas are addressed to different devas,so are the mantras written in praise of different Aryan gods. The Rgveda alone comprises 1028 hymns,grouped in ten books,in honour of the deities worshipped by the Indo-Aryan tribes.
To be continued.
Of the two sections into which the text of the Veda or Samhita is divided,the first is Gana or songs containing 640 mantras,some of which are based on musical notes. Of these, again, there are two sub-divisions:namely, those which are to be sung in villages and those which are meant to be sung only in forests and not in villages.
The second section containing 235 mantras is called Arcika or prayers. Just as the Calisas are addressed to different devas,so are the mantras written in praise of different Aryan gods. The Rgveda alone comprises 1028 hymns,grouped in ten books,in honour of the deities worshipped by the Indo-Aryan tribes.
To be continued.
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