Sama Veda is perhaps the earliest human literature on music. It naturally incorporates music, mantra, chhanda, linguistics, and above all, a reflection of the world view of rishis. Sama Veda is ...
Yajurveda (700-300 BC) has been dealt with in a treatise called Hindu World where it is described as the second Veda, compiled mainly from Rig-vedic hymns, but showing considerable deviation from the ...
The sounds of the Sama Veda being chanted reverberated in the halls of Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Ayurveda College. Chanted by just two persons—Vedaratnam Dr Sivakaran Namboothiri and his disciple—the ...
It has been unanimously acknowledged that the origin of our classical music is Sama Veda or more simply Saman singing. Authentic texts like Bharatha’s Natyasastra and Matanga’s Brihaddeshi attribute ...
Chennai: Students trained in traditional music can now pursue engineering at IIT Madras, and parents should encourage ...
TRIPUNITHURA: Nellikkaattu Maamannu Narayanan Namboothiri, the most senior Sama Veda scholar in Kerala, turns 98 on Tuesday. Incidentally, a day before his birthday an Athirathram began at his native ...
The passing away of Swami Dayananda Saraswathi recently brought back memories of my visit to the Kodavasal village a few years ago. Kodavasal, 18 km from Kumbakonam, is where the Swami Dayananda ...