जैमिनीयसामवेदसंहिता मूल केरलपरम्परानुसार: आर्थिक, साम तथा चन्द्रासाम भाग- Jaiminiya Sama Veda Samhita Text of Kerala Tradition: Arcika, Sama and Candrasama Portion (Set of 2 Volumes)

From the Jacket The experiences and knowledge from our past are recorded in manuscripts which have been handed down to us over severely thousand years. The Government of Indi: through the Department of Culture, took note of the importance of vast tangible heritage of India and established the National Mission for Manuscripts with the purpose of locating, documenting. preserving and disseminating the knowledge content of India's manuscripts. In order to disseminate the knowledge content of manuscripts, the Mission has taken up several programmes such as lectures, seminars, publication of unpublished manuscripts, Manuscriptology and Paleography Workshop etc. The Mission has so far published the proceedings of the above-said programmes under the following series: Samrakshika (research papers on conservation). Kritibodha (critically edited texts). Tattvabodha (papers of Tattvabodha lectures) and Samikshika (research oriented papers as presented in the seminars).

Recently the National Mission for Manuscripts has taken up a project for publishing rare and unpublished manuscripts in three formats-(a) Facsimile (b) Critical edition (Illustrated and single copy manuscript) (c) Critical edition with annotation and translation. The series has been named as Prakashika. Here, in this book the eminent scholar Dr. K. A Ravindran has critically edited and transcribed the Jaiminiyasāmaveda samhita (Text of Kerala Tradition).

About the Book The objective of this project is to bring out the critical edition of the Samphita of Jaimmiya dinaveds text of Kerala tradition containing Arcika Sama and Candrasäma portions The anure Samhita of Jaimniyasämaveda (Kerala version) is not printed so far in Devanagari script 11 is preserved in the transcript form among the Nampütinis of Kerala. The transcript contains about 400 pages of notebook size written in Malayalam character. The present editor has brought out an edition of the Arcika portion, only in Malayalam script, in the book Samavedadarpanam, published by Panchangam Press, Kanippayyur, Kunnamkulam in 2007.

The peculiarity of the Samaveda chanting. which is not met with in the chanting of other Vedas, is noticeable. The Samaveda chanting of Kerala including all its modes like Arcika, Sama Candrasama, Oha and Osani has many characteristic features when compared to the chanting of other parts of India Also the arrangement of the text of Jaiminiyasamaveda of Kerala is different from that of other parts of the country.

Considering all these factors the publication of Samhith of Jaimintyasamaveda of Kerala version including Arcika. Sama and Candrasama portions, in both Devanagan and Malayalam script, has relevance.

About the Author B. 1968 M.A. Sanskrit-Sahitya (University of Calicut, 1990), M. Phil Sanskrit (University of Calicut, 1993). Ph. D Sanskrit (Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit/S.S.U.S.. Kalady, Kerala, 2005).

Dr. K. A. Ravindran, presently is Associate Professor in the Department of Sanskrit-Sahitya and in-charge-of Sanskrit-Vedic Studies at SSUS, Kalady. He is Sub-editor of the revised third edition of Sanskrit-Malayalam Dictionary of Kanippayyur Sankaran Namboothirippad and an Author/ Editor/Associate editor of several books in Malayalam, English and Sanskrit. Dr. Ravindran is currently the Co-ordinator of the project 'Remaking of Samaveda CDs, sanctioned to Sanskrit-Vedic Studies, S.S.US.. Kalady, by Ministry of Culture, Govt of India through Sangeetha Nataka Academi, New Delhi. He is honoured by Kadavallur Anyonyaparishath Kadavallor, Thrissur, Kerala and was presented the Fedabandhu award during Kadavaltur Anyonyam 2011 for his contributions in the field of preservation and pampering of Vedas.

Foreword The Vedic tradition in India has a hoary past as historical dating of this tradition has failed to yield universally acceptable results. However, without getting into the rhetoric of dating this tradition one would like to place it at the antiquity of at least 5000 years. It is unique in several aspects besides its date; it has been a living tradition all through these years, has survived assault of time, has been carried forward by dedicated groups of people in all regions of the country and above all, till the beginning of 18th century, has survived purely as an oral tradition.

Preface This volume is the Samhia of Jaiminīyasāmaveda (JSV) learnt and preserved by the Nampütiris of Kerala. The Samhita is constituted by Arcika, Sama and Candrasāma (also called Candrasyāma, the etymology and meaning of the word is not clear) portions, each characterized by textual difference and variation in the modes of chanting. The Samhita of this branch, incorporating these three portions, has not been published inagarī script so far. Hence the present edition has remarkable significance.

Of the several branches of Samaveda, only three exist today and they are Kauthuma, Rāṇāyaṇīya and Jaiminīya. Among the three, Jaiminīyasamhita is followed by the Nambūtiris of Kerala. There were twenty one Nampūtiri families following JSV in Kerala. Besides the Nampūtiri tradition, there is the Tamil tradition of JSV also located at Kodunthirappully Village at Palakkat, which also is in the verge of extinction. Due to several reasons, the younger generation is not interested in keeping up this heritage and hence both these traditions are struggling for existence. Even among the living traditional Pandits, fully equipped with all the five Pathas viz, Arcika, Sama and Candrāsāma, Uha and Uşani, are now absent in both traditions. Therefore the compilation of all those Prakṛtipathas together becomes a necessity for the preservation of this great heritage.

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