Saturday, April 14, 2012

A Short Note on Sama Veda Samhita

Traditionally Sama Veda Samhita is believed to have had a thousand schools (shAkhAs). Of all these recension, as late as 1930's only three schools were extant:
a. The Kauthuma school of Bengal and Gujarat
b. The Jaiminiya school of Karnataka region
c. The Ranayaniya school of Maharashtra

Texts
1. 1842 - Wilson on a Ranayaniya manuscript
2. 1848 - Benfey of Gottingen on a Ranayaniya Manuscript
3. 1874 to 1878 - By Pandit Satyavrata Samashramin, a celebrated Vedic scholar of Bengal, published in Bibliotheca Indica series
4. 1936 - Samveda Samhita: With Sayana's Commentary, Bhashyasara, Padapatha, English Translation, Introduction, Notes and Indices
Critically Edited by: Bhavavibhuti Bhattacharya Vidyabhushan, M.A
General Editor: Narendrachandra Vedantatirtha, M.A
Metropolitan Printing and Publishing, Kolkata

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