Saman - AncientVoice

Mbh.1.70.3703	Other places again were filled with the harmonious strains of Saman hymns sung by vow-observing Rishis.
Mbh.1.70.3705	At other places again Brahmanas learned in the Atharvan Veda and those capable of chanting the sacrificial hymns of the Saman were reciting the Samhitas according to the just rules of voice.
Mbh.3.91.4911	And he hath also thoroughly learnt music, both vocal and instrumental, and dancing and proper recitation of the Saman Veda from Vishwavasu's son.
Mbh.3.144.7334	Then in company with those bulls among the twice-born ones, the Pandavas beheld that romantic asylum presided over by Nara and Narayana; devoid of gloom; and sacred; and untouched by the solar rays; and free from those rubs, viz hunger, and thirst, heat and cold, and removing all sorrow; and crowded with hosts of mighty sages; and adorned with the grace proceeding from the Vedas, Saman, Rich, and Yajus; and, O king, inaccessible to men who have renounced religion; and beautified with offerings, and homas; and sacred; and well-swept and daubed; and shining all around with offerings of celestial blossoms; and spread over with altars of sacrificial fire, and sacred ladles and pots; and graced with large water-jars, and baskets and the refuge of all beings; and echoing with the chanting of the Vedas; and heavenly: and worthy of being inhabited; and removing fatigue; and attended with splendour and of incomprehensible merit; and majestic with divine qualities.
Mbh.6.33.1543	I am the father of this universe, the mother, the creator, grandsire; I am the thing to be known, the means by which everything is cleaned, the syllable Om, the Rik, the Saman and the Yajus, I am the goal, the supporter, the lord, the on-looker, the abode, the refuge, the friend, the source, the destruction, the support, the receptacle; and the undestructible seed.
Mbh.12.59.3384	Originally Saman was one; Yajus was one, and Rich was one
Mbh.12.309.19487	Indeed, such a Brahmana, conversant with the three Vedas, viz, Rich, Yajush, and Saman, possessed of learning, duly observant of the six duties of sacrificing on his own account, officiating at the sacrifices of others, learning, teaching, making gifts, and receiving gifts, has been regarded as deserving of gifts.
Mbh.12.310.19543	Then, O monarch, come the breath that rises upward viz, Prana and those that have a transverse motion viz, Saman, Udana, and Vyana.
Mbh.12.338.21720	Thou art Pragjyotish, and thou art he who sings the first Saman
Mbh.13.14.1348	Narayana also, uttering the Jyestha Saman, sang the praises of Bhava.
Mbh.13.14.1511	The puissant Indra and his brother Upendra, the two sons of Aditi, and the Grandsire Brahma, all uttered, in the presence of Bhava, the Rathantara Saman.
Mbh.13.90.8091	He that is conversant with the three Nachiketas, he that has set up the five sacrificial fires, he that knows the five Suparnas, he that is conversant with the six branches called Angas of the Veda, he that is a descendant of sires who were engaged in teaching the Vedas and is himself engaged in teaching, he that is well-conversant with the Chhandas, he that is acquainted with the Jeshtha Saman, he that is obedient to the sway of his parents, he that is conversant with the Vedas and whose ancestors have been so for ten generations, he that has congress with only his wedded wives and this at their seasons, and he who has been cleansed by knowledge, by the Veda, and by vows and observances, even such a Brahmana, sanctifies the line.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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