Atharvaveda: Many scholars consider Atharva Veda to be ancient. But this is not completely true. It was Krishnadvaipayana Vyas who separated the four Vedas. The name of Veda is pronounced in three ways – The mantra in which the foot-arrangement is fixed on the basis of meaning is called ‘Rik’ (Rigveda). The lyrical verses are in Saam. Apart from poetry and songs, all the mantras are in Yajurveda. But all three styles are found in Atharvaveda. In this, the name is not given according to the mantra’s…
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Samaveda smallest and musicology dharmik granth in vedas know importance and singing method
Samaveda: Earlier people used to read all the Vedas orally only. With time, when inconsistencies started emerging among the people, Krishnadvapayan Veda Vyas collected the detailed Veda compositions spread over thousands of mantras and divided them into four parts according to the subject, namely Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda. After dividing the Vedas, he preached it to his four disciples named Pail, Vaishampayan, Jaimini and Sumantu. The tradition of Samveda starts from Jaimini. Jaimini taught it to his son Sumantu, Sumantu to his son Sunvan and Sunvan to his son…
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