Svarasaman, Svarasāman, Svara-saman: 3 definitions
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Svarasāman (स्वरसामन्).—m. pl. epithets of particular days in a sacrificial session.
Svarasāman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms svara and sāman (सामन्).
1) Svarasāman (स्वरसामन्):—[=svara-sāman] [from svara > svṛ] m. (svara-) Name of the three days before and after the Viṣuvat of the Gavāmayana (id est. the last three days of the first, and the first three days of the second half-year), [Brāhmaṇa; ???]
2) [v.s. ...] n. Name of a Sāman, [Indische Studien by A. Weber]
Svarasāman (स्वरसामन्):—
1) m. Bez. der drei Tage vor und nach dem Viṣuvant des Gavāmayana, also die letzten des ersten und die ersten des zweiten Halbjahrs [Scholiast] zu [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 4, 5, 1.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 4, 18. fg.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 12, 1, 2, 2. 3, 13. 2, 1, 3. 2, 22. 3, 10.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 8, 5, 10. 6, 25. 7, 13. 11, 7, 4.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 23, 16, 1. 24, 14, 4.] [LĀṬY. 3, 4, 20. 4, 5, 17.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 10, 9, 11. 11, 11, 1.] [MAŚAKA 2, 2. fgg.] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 72.] —
2) n. Name eines Sāman [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 246],b.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Svara, Saman.
Starts with: Svarasamana.
Full-text: Svarasamika, Svarayoni, Svaraprishtha, Svara.
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Panchavimsha Brahmana (English translation) (by W. Caland)
Chapter 4 - The “gavam ayana” (the Soma-feast lasting a year of 360 days)
Chapter 24 - Sattra rites (continued)
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kanda XII, adhyaya 2, brahmana 3 < [Twelfth Kanda]
Kanda XII, adhyaya 2, brahmana 1 < [Twelfth Kanda]
Kanda XII, adhyaya 1, brahmana 3 < [Twelfth Kanda]
The Sacrifices of Rajasuya, Vajapeya and Ashvamedha (study) (by Aparna Dhar)
Summary of the Gavāmayana sacrifice < [Chapter 2 - Vedic Sacrifices described in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa]
Brihaddevata attributed to Shaunaka (by Arthur Anthony Macdonell)
Part 28 - Deities of Rigveda I.112-121 < [Chapter 3 - Deities of Rigveda I.13-126]
Aitareya Brahmana (a comprehensive analysis) (by Sanghamitra Mukherjee)
Goddesses (7): Description of Āpāh < [Chapter 2 - Gods and Goddesses]
Minor Deities in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa < [Chapter 2 - Gods and Goddesses]
Atharvaveda ancillary literature (Study) (by B. R. Modak)
Part 3.2 - The Vaitana Sutra (introduction and summary) < [Chapter 1 - Ancillary Literature of the Atharvaveda (other than the Parisistas)]