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3. VEDAM: - Sama Gana Sundara Geetha Ragam
Srimathe Jaiminyacharya Namaha:
The Talavakara Sakha of the Sama Veda is still current in some parts of Tamilnadu. Talava, a word which occurs in the Veda, means music and musician. They have it thus at Kidamangalam, llayattangudi, Sesamulail, Sendalai, Nangur, etc. in Tanjore district. In Trichi district, Talavakaras are found in Papakurichi, Uttamasili and Anbil; In Tirunelveli Dt., at Alvar Tirunagari, Tentirupperai (Tenkalai Vaisnavas) and Watrap; and at Karamanai and Tiruvettar near Trivandrum, and at Ahaliyapandiyapuram, Nagarkoyil and Sucindram also. In Palghat, Kodunthirapully and Anjumurtimangalam near Alattur are noted for their Jaiminiya Samagas. They belong to the Choliya class of Brahmans. Like other Vedas, Sama Veda is also is not man made. God revealed unto the Rishis (seers) the knowledge of the Vedas. Therefore the Vedas are said to be Divine knowledge. When the great seers were in the deep meditation, this great wisdom was revealed to them. No one has ever claimed that he was the writer or author of VEDA. Rishis said that they are just the seers of the VEDA and not the creators. They received these sounds from a Divine Source and transmitted them flawlessly to generation after generation. From the original 1000 branches of the Sama-Veda, three are still available, of which the Kauthumiya and Jaiminiya are prominent
The Samaveda, or Veda of Holy Songs, is third in the usual order of enumeration of the three Vedas and ranks next in sanctity and liturgical importance to the Rig-Veda. Sama means “to bring Shanti or Peace and Veda means “Knowledge”. The beauty of the Sama lies in the style of pronunciation and singing. It laid the foundation for Indian Music. One alphabet can change the meaning and context of mantra altogether. The singing of the Sama can make the mind stable and can give peace to the vagrant mind. Veda Mantra has to be recited in a certain cadence or rhythm to produce the necessary vibration and to have the desired effect of elevation of the soul to spiritual heights and experience the Supreme. Sama-Gaanas hymns and mantras are set to music in it and the verses are not intended to be chanted, but to sing in specifically indicated melodies. The recitation is also quite different from traditional Vedam recitations in other parts of India. This interesting text which has not yet been printed sets forth a style of indication of the whole palm or hand, not the fingers of the musical notation.
The singing of the Sama begins initially on the high pitch and gradually the pitch is lowered. These sound waves of the Sama are capable of giving peace to the mind. The sama-gana, the Sundara Geetha Ragam is capable of giving the listener, divine peace.
Lord Sri Krishna in Srimad Bhagavat Geetha says VEDANAMA SAMAVEDO ASMI meaning “I am samaveda myself, amongst the Vedas."(GEETA 10/22). In the Lalitha-Sahasranama (The One Thousand Names of the Goddess Lalitha), Amba has the name of "Samagana-priya” (one who delights in Samagana) Syamasastri refers to the Goddess Minaksi as "Samagana-vinodhini" in one of his compositions. In the Siva-astottaram, Siva is worshipped thus: "Samapriyaya namah”.
The ancient Jaiminiya Sama Vedic tradition, a Sanskrit chanting system practiced in the South Indian state of Kerala long ago, is on the verge of extinction. There are only a few scholars alive today who are qualified to teach the recitation of the Vedas in this obscure method perfectly without error.
It is very much proud to record that the rarest rare Jaiminiya Sama Veda tradition is still preserved properly in at Kodunthirapully for our country. The chanting style of the Jaimineya Sama Veda at Kodunthirapully Village is unique and no where in India you couldn’t able to find or locate such mode of Vedic recitation. The Vedic recitation is more rhythmical than musical and very large intervals are used while recitation. The breath control displayed in such recitation is quite astounding. Many tourists and scholars not only from our country, but also from foreign countries especially research students and peoples from Germany Such as James Howard, Indologist Burnell, Staal, Parpola etc., visited this Gramam to record the rarest rare Veda and its unique feature.
In Jaimineya thalavakaguru sakha there are about 232 Gramagaeya ganams, 291 Aranyagaeya ganams, 802 Ooha ganams, 352 Oohya Ganas. The Sama Vedic Scholar Late Sri. Shasranama Iyer along with the Village priest Sri. Thiruvenkadanatha sharma have translated the whole Sama Veda from Devanagari palm leaf manuscripts to Malayalam script by hand. Even now at this stage there is no printed booklet available in the market of our Vedic hymns and the said handwritten copy of text is used by the village for the recitation.
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