The Hymns of the Samaveda is a book by Ralph T.H. Griffith that contains a collection of hymns from the Samaveda, one of the four Vedas in Hinduism. The Samaveda is known for its musical chants and melodies, and this book presents a translation of these hymns into English. The hymns are organized by their corresponding deity and cover a wide range of topics, including creation, nature, and the gods. The book also includes an introduction that provides background information on the Samaveda and its significance in Hinduism. Overall, The Hymns of the Samaveda offers readers a glimpse into the rich spiritual and cultural traditions of ancient India.1. Hither, for powerful kinship, I call Agni, him who prospers you, Most frequent at our solemn rites. 2. May Agni with his pointed blaze cast down each fierce devouring fiend: May Agni win us wealth by war! 3. Agni, be gracious; thou art great: thou hast approached the pious man, Hast come to sit on sacred grass.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Samaveda, or Veda of Holy Songs, third in the usual order of enumeration of the three Vedas, ranks next in sanctity and liturgical importance to the Rigveda or Veda of Recited Praise. I tsS anhita, or metrical portion, consists chiefly of hymns to be chanted by the Udgatar priests at the performance of those important sacrifices in which the juice of theS oma plant clarified and mixed with milk and other ingredients, was offered in libation to various deities. The Collection is made up of hymns, portions of hymns, and detached verses, taken mainly from the Rigveda, transposed and re-arranged, without reference to their original order, to suit the religious ceremonies in which they were to be employed. In these compiled hymns there are frequent variations, of more or less importance, from the text of the Rigveda as we now possess it, which variations, although in some cases they are apparently explanatory, seem in others to be older and more original than the readings of the Rigveda. In singing, the verses are still further altered by prolongation, repetition and insertion of syllables, and various modulations, rests, and other modifications prescribed, for the guidance of the officiating priests, in the Ganas orS ong-books. Two of these manuals, the Gramageyagana, or Congregational, and the A ranyagana or Forest Song-book, follow the order of the verses of Part
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