INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Sama Veda is the Yoga of Song. It consists of various hymns of the Rig Veda put to a different and more musical chant. Hence the text of the Sama Veda is a reduced version of the Rig Veda.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Samaveda (Sanskrit: , romanized: sāmaveda, from sāman “song” and veda “knowledge"), is the Veda of melodies and chants. It is an ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, and part of the scriptures of Hinduism. One of the four Vedas, it is a liturgical text which consists of 1, 875 verses.

Detailed explanation-3: -REFERENCE TO SAMA VEDA According to historians, Vedic period is considered around 500 B.C. There are four Vedas in all – Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda. Among the four Vedas, Sama Veda is considered as the origin of Indian music.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sama Veda is perhaps the earliest human literature on music.It naturally incorporates music, mantra, chhanda, linguistics, and above all, a reflection of the world view of rishis who communicated in the Arsha language, precursor to the more regimented Girvan (later called Sanskrit).

Detailed explanation-5: -According to tradition, Vyasa is the compiler of the Vedas, who arranged the four kinds of mantras into four Samhitas (Collections).