The Gana part of the Samavead is also divided into Prakrti Gana and Uha Gana. Amongst these 1771 Verses are from the Rigveda Only 99 verses of this Samhita are not found in the Rigveda- Samhita and thus are regarded to be of Samaveda itself. So the total number of verses in the Samaveda-Samhita is 1875. The Uttararcika, the second part of the Samaveda-Samhita, consists total number of 1225 verses.
Thus major theme of the Samaveda can be regarded as worship and devotion ( Upasana). In the spiritual sense Soma represents All-pervading, Glorious Lord and Brahman, who is attainable only through devotion and musical chanting.
Here Indra, Agni and Soma deities are mainly invoked and praised but most of the time these prayers seem to be the invocations for the Supreme Being. In the Bhagavadgata, where Lord Krishna has declared “Among the Vedas I am Samaveda”- Vedanama Samavedosmi (Gita, 10.22). Traditional the Vedas are spoken as ‘Trayi‘, because thay are composed of three kinds in mantras- Rcs or verses, Yajus or prose, Saman or chants.Īmong the four Vedas, the Samaveda is regarded as the foremost. According to the Jaiminiya Sutra – ‘Melody is called Saman.’ Its stanzas assume their proper character of musical samans or chants only in the various song-books called Ganas. The Samaveda is, therefore, specially intended for the Udagatr priest. The Samaveda is compiled exclusively for ritual application, for its verses are all meant to be chanted at the ceremonies of the Soma-sacrifice and procedures derived from it. These verses are chiefly derived from the eighth and the ninth Mandalas of the Rigveda. It is important to note that the Samhita of the Samaveda is an independent collection (Samhita), yet it has taken many verses, a large number indeed, from the Samhita of Rigveda. It is closely connected with the Rigveda.
The Samaveda is shortest of all the four Vedas.
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