The Sâmaveda Samhitâ of the Kauthuma School
with Padapâtha and the commentaries of Mâdhava, Bharatasvâmin and Sâyana

edited with critical notes and an introduction by B. R. Sharma.

Vol.I  (Purvârcika, Kândas 1-5).

Pages 905. 8ø. Price $90     ISBN 0-674-00588-0 (alk. paper)

[Samaveda Samhita (kauthumi) : padapathena tathaiva Madhava-Bharatasvami-Sayanacaryair viracitena bhasya-trayena ca samanvita /
Senai-kulotpannena Bellikotha-grama-labdha-janmana Acarya Ramacandrasarmana pathabhedadibhih samsodhya sampadita ]

In Sanskrit; prefatory matter in English.

1. Vedas. Samaveda--Commentaries --Early works  to 1800. II. Madhava, III. Bharatasvami , 13th cent. IV. Sayana d. 1387. V. Sharma, Bellikoth Ramachandra, 1912- VI. Titel. VII. Harvard Oriental Series; 57.

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The Sâmaveda contains  the earliest tradition of  music from India. It presents largely Rigvedic textual material in a form arranged for singing  in the solemn Srauta ritual.

Since the first editions by Theodor Benfey (1848) and Satyavrata Sâmasrami (1874-1899), there has been no complete, accented edition that also included all its important commentaries. The present edition is based on manuscripts collected from all over India and Europe.

B.R. Sharma, dean of Sâmaveda studies, presents the accented text, its Padapâtha, and the commentaries of Mâdhava, Bharata-Svâmin and Sâyana in three volumes of  c. 2500 pages.

These contain  the Pûrvârcika and Uttarâcika portions of the text, and a third volume the  indexes and a detailed introduction to the whole work. Vols. 2 and 3 to appear in due course.