The Samaveda (Sanskrit: सामवेद, romanized: sāmaveda, from sāman “song” and veda “knowledge”), is the Veda of melodies and chants
It is an ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, and part of the scriptures of Hinduism
One of the four Vedas, it is a liturgical text which consists of 1,875 verses
All but 75 verses have been taken from the Rigveda
Three recensions of the Samaveda have survived, and variant manuscripts of the Veda have been found in various parts of India
While its earliest parts are believed to date from as early as the Rigvedic period, the existing compilation dates from the post-Rigvedic Mantra period of Vedic Sanskrit, between c
1200 and 1000 BCE or “slightly rather later,” roughly contemporary with the Atharvaveda and the Yajurveda
Embedded inside the Samaveda is the widely studied Chandogya Upanishad and Kena Upanishad, considered as primary Upanishads and as influential on the six schools of Hindu philosophy, particularly the Vedanta school
The Samaveda set important foundations for the subsequent Indian music
It is also referred to as Sama Veda