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76 $ 8 A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF 2 1 2 1 2 S 3 3 1 2 sapta | tva | haritah | rathe | vahanti | deva | surya | sociskesam | 3 3 $ 3 socih | kesam | vicaksana | vi | caksana || End of the Aranya Padapatha, MS. No. 62, noticed in the Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Library of the Sanskrit College, Calcutta. I sa॒pta | tva॒ | ha॒rata॑h | rathe॑ | vaha॑nti | de॒va॒ surya॑ | sa॒cih kaisam | vicaksana | Rgveda, I 50, 8. | The musical chanting of the Samaveda is far more elaborate and complicate than the artificial mode of the recitation of the Rgveda and the Yajurveda. There are seven notes, which are called Krusta, Prathama, Dvitiya, Tritiya, Caturtha, Pancama and Sastha; the last two are also called Mandra and Anusvarya respectively. They correspond to the notes of the gamut of Hindu music in the following way :Samaveda. "° Hindu music. Madhyama Gandhara ma. Prathama Dvitiya Trtiya Caturtha Pancama • Sastha Saptama •• ◉ • .. ga. Rsabha .. ri. Sadja sa. Dhaivata .. dha. • • Nisada .. ni. Pancama pa. This identification is made according to a passage occurring in the Naradasiksa which is as follows:- 4: ATAMAI 444: A aoffeqn: ega: 11 yo'sau dvitiyo gandharah trtiyastvrsabhah smrtah || caturthah sad ityahuh pancamo dhaivato bhavet | sastho nisado vijneyah saptamah pancamah smrtah || Naradasiksa.