The Sama Veda ( knowledge of chanted hymns ) in a way stands between the poetic vedas and the ritualistic vedas. Sama stands for love of God and consists of hymns of devotion. The verses are traditionally chanted on different ceremonial occasions. In content and form it is a poetry of the highest order. While in arrangement and purpose it is ritualistic. Mostly the selections are made from the Rig Veda and grouped together and arranged for rutualistic purposes. The Sama Veda contains 1875 verses of which only 75 are not found in Rig Veda. The rest are virtually the repetitions of the Rig Vedic verses. The Sama Veda is said to have had one thousand recentions but only three of them are now preserved and they are ranayaniyasakha, kantumasakha and jaiminiyasakha.
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