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Also known as samved, Sama Veda
The Samaveda or Sama Veda (, , from सामन्, "song" and वेद, "knowledge"), is the Veda of melodies and chants. It is an ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, and is one of the sacred scriptures in Hinduism. One of the four Vedas, it is a liturgical text which consists of 1,875 verses. All but 75 verses have been taken from the Rigveda. Three recensions of the Samaveda have survived, and variant manuscripts of the Veda have been found in various parts of India.
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The Samaveda is an ancient Hindu sacred text focused on melodies and chants, consisting of 1,875 verses mostly drawn from an earlier Vedic scripture called the Rigveda. As one of four foundational Vedas in Hinduism, it served as a liturgical guide and represents an important part of Hindu religious and cultural heritage that has survived in multiple versions across India.
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