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उहे विंशतिसङ्ख्यानियमः । दशरात्रे विशाः संवत्सरादिषु एवमेव विंशतिसङ्ख्याकाः सामनियमाः । रहस्ये दशकसङ्ख्याः । प्रतिदशकं दशसामानीति संख्यानि घमः ।
उहे विंशाः 48; सामानि 960.
रहस्ये दशकाः 20 ; सामानि 200. पूर्वक वः उत्पन्नानि प्रतिसामानि । उत्तरऋत्रः उत्पन्नानि उहसामानि रहस्यसामानि च.
The Samhita text of the Sāmavēda consists of two parts, the Purvaţk and tho Uttarark. The verses of the former are classified under the five following heads :1. आग्नेयम् . Treating of the God of Fire.
[Treating of Indra, the God of Rain. It
includes the portions subsequent to the 2. एन्द्रम् . २ Agnāya, viz , Bahusami, the Ekasami,
the Brhati, the Tristup, the Anustup
i and the Indrapuccha. 3. पवमानन्. of the God of Wind.
of the Supreme God, so named because these 4. आरुणम् । verses were proclaimed to the world by 5. शुक्रियम्
Aruna, the God of Dawn and by Sukra,
the preceptor of the Asuras, respectively. The text or rk has marks indicating the mode of reciting the hymns; and when the verses are chanted, they are called Sāmāni. The book of Sãmans belonging to the Purvark is called Prakrti; those belonging to the Uttarark constitute Üha and Rahasya. The peculiarity of the Uttarark is that, generally, three verses are grouped together and form one șk; and the first of them occurs in the Purvark; and this group of verses is chanted in various ways
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