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‘Vedaanam Saamavedosmi’
Branches of Saam Veda
As per different sources
• Patanjali in his Vyakaran Mahabhashya= 1000
• Prapanchahridaya = “now there are only 12 shakhas”
• Atharvan Parishishtha charanavyuha = 1000
• Subrahmanya Shastri in his Gobhilagrihakarma = 10
Acharya and 13 Pravachankars
• Rudraskand Khadirgrihya Tika [older than Sayana and
Dhanvi] 3/2/14 have also mentioned these acharyas
and pravachankars.
• Jaiminiya Grihyasutra = has mentioned 13 acharyas
Saam: Definitions
Meaning of Saam
Saa= She= Richa
Ama = Prana
Saa + Ama = Saama
Lakshmanan, S., N.d. Sāma Veḏa Kauṯhūma Śākhā. Retrieveḏ from https://www.celextel.com/sama-Veḏa a-
kauthuma-shaka-4-mp3-cds-p-6157.html on 25.10.2012.
Number of saam mantras
• Vayu Purana ( 1.61.63) and Brahmanda Purana (
2.35.71.72) say there are 8014 Saman mantras
agni
7-Ahigeeta
Resting svara
between 1 & 2
2
3
4
5
6
Jala
Stobha – Oi
SVARA COMB. MUDRA TATVA
4
Voitoyai
It is action (ya) with the help of
pancha mahabhuta (oi) and
agni (i) being the main driving force.
Since oi means panchamahabhuta, ya in voitoyai means anna or energy and i means agni,
voitoyai means
“speed up the upasana process with the help of panchamahabhuta and with energy
drawn from agni who is the leading/guiding force (Agranirbhavati)”
[ViDyAmArTaNda (2033 SamvaTsar, Foreword) AgraNIrbhavaTi drawing from YAska (NirukTa chapter 7, p-4, khaNDa 15) the world’s top leader.
GaNapaTi (1978:1) prefers to give Agni as the presider of life-activity since he defines yajna as ‘life-activity’.]
Two types of Stobhas
Those that have appeared in RV
Om, Ya,
Those that have not appeared in RV but only in SV
Oi-DA, AuhovA, IhA, hau, ihA,
-RAmamUrTy SrouTy - SAraDA MuTh SringEri
(VITayE) to give progress in our upAsanA. Then Why Voyitoyai?
Table of stobhaksharas
Sr No Stobha DEvaTa Samanya Sam
1 HAukAr Prithvi RathAntara Charana (feet)
2 HAiKAr VAyu VAmdevya
3 AthakAr Chandra Sams namely ‘a’ and ‘th’
4 IhakAr AtmA the word Iha
5 IkAr agni I (GarhyapTyAgni)
6 UkAr Aditya (ViSvarUpa) CakSu (eye)
7. EkAr Nihava E (AhvAnIyAgni) Mukha Mouth)
8 AuhoyikAr ViSvDev VaiSvaDevya
1
toya2i
Here yai is the prenkha part and does not
individuate five svaras, but is 1, rest,
abhigeeta, 1,rest, 2
Om
Om appears in all the three VEDas, therefore Stobha is not the sole feature of SV.