Presentation on Music of Samaveda - Dr Subhadra Desai

Presented in 2013, at a music conference held at Ramakrishna Ashram, Rajkot.
©Subhadra Desai ; No part of this lecture may be copied or reproduced in any form without the permission of Dr Subhadra Desai.

[@BrajaBeats]

This presentation is a valuable gem to be preserved and cherished. Thank you madam. All respects. 🙏

[@janakih.p3854]

Such an illuminating information..and the singing felt like bees humming❤

[@subhadradesaimusic]

Thank you so much!

[@MrRajdeepbasak]

It is a beautiful video. Thank you so much for this lecture demonstration. I am a Saamavedi and I am fortunate to get an opportunity to learn Saamagaana from my Guruji Pandit Vaman Shroutigal. At the same time I am a student of North Indian Classical(vocal) Music. I'm privileged to get training from Pandit Nihar Ranjan Banerjee for last 30 years. I think there has to be a correction made in this video. "Stobha"s are not at all anything even closer to "Alap" in classical music. They are integral part of the Saama itself. In the case of Alap we have a liberty to express ourselves according to our choice(staying within the grammar of the Raag). But, for "Stobha" no one can have that liberty. Thank you again....

[@sanamdanda]

she has so much blessings of Maa Saraswati 😊

[@kathakaar_chinku]

अति महत्वपूर्ण योगदान आपका।तरंगित करने में सक्षम

[@santhanaraman568]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏Iam Samavedi. I've studied this in patasala . Thanks for giving revision ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@debjanighoshofficials]

I'm overwhelmed.... Please upload more lectures about the traditional music of India 🙏

[@AdhiyogaSystem]

I am blown by the amount of knowledge embedded here and in Indian Systems. I feel ashamed that I did not have any idea of this depth. Thanks so much for this presentation.

[@abhishekchattopadhyay2312]

Brought tears to my eyes!🙏🙏🙏

[@debroy6680]

Maa Saraswati. Divyatma like you should influence our entire Hindu society.

[@rajeshsarjoshi2480]

Please preserve. Whomever is possible. That is the heritage of our culture

[@geetikavardequreshi1536]

Thank you. Very valuable , informative. Great work

[@samir.sarkar]

Excellent work , many many thanks

[@osiris1102]

Wow so informative. It pains my heart to know that our thousands of years old Vedic tradition of singing is dying. We all should do whatever's possible to preserve it or it would be a big loss to not just Hindus but whole humanity.

[@johnlawrence2757]

Have you considered living the truth of the Vedas in your daily life? Better than wasting your life listening to stuff like this in your spare time

[@osiris1102]

@@johnlawrence2757 vedas aren't supposed to be "listened" but understood under the guidance of a Guru. I'm not economically independent to do that yet but I will do that one day for sure.

[@johnlawrence2757]

@@osiris1102 Maharishi was the last of the gurus. But like all before him in the oral tradition his handed-down teaching has been corrupted by money-makers. You either start now and put your faith in Almighty Nature to respond to your material needs, or you forget all about it and carry on being an institutional evader of truth till your departure from this world

[@osiris1102]

@@johnlawrence2757 There's plenty of Gurus who are well versed and capable of imparting knowledge. Even if I receive 20% of the Vedic gyan I would consider myself lucky. But there's a proper time for everything in the world. I neither have time nor the resources to dedicate myself into such an important endeavour currently. I will surely dive into it soon. Do not be worried about that.

[@himanshukandwal8710]

right we cant learn because we dont have time to go to gurukula, we should send atleast 1 of our child to gurukul @@osiris1102

[@shayleshjhalla7991]

Very happy to listen subhadra desai

[@payalsachdeva1759]

Thanks for sharing your unique expertise

[@felixhockey5094]

Sama veda... Music 🎶 as medicine...

[@subhadradesaimusic]

Thank you all for listening and sharing this 🙏

[@AstrologerSidharth]

इस परिचय के लिए आपका हृदय से साधुवाद 🙏

[@subhadradesaimusic]

Dhanyavaad

[@akhileshmishraritayardfrom2360]

बहुत सुंदर बहुत अच्छे, जय हो।

[@subhadradesaimusic]

Dhanyavaad

[@ipop1302]

Thanks a lot for information 🙏🎶

[@samharris2450]

There is so much energy that im getting from this music .looking forward to more videos like this

[@pattamadaiksivaswami9454]

Wonderful way of Presentation about Music Of Sama Veda...First time learned about the Various details of Sama Veda chanting being a Sama Vedi myself a descendant of Appaya Dikshitar Lineage ...

[@mypetpal7382]

Very beautiful discription of veda

[@subhadradesaimusic]

Thank you Sir@@mypetpal7382

[@nagarajnv2396]

You are great Noble soul.💐💐💐🙏🙏

[@shivprasadjoshi5280]

Lots of details and information. Thanks.🙏

[@mbnargund5946]

Deserve great amount of appreciation.

[@ganeshkrishnan3998]

What a divine voice, jai guru dev

[@subhadradesaimusic]

Thank you Sir

[@felixhockey5094]

Jai shree guru amma.... Thanks a tonne ma'am 😍

[@c90sf]

This both enlightening and humbling at the same time didi. Thank you for this invaluable set of details. :)

[@mahuadeb]

DIVINE PRESENTATION

[@subhashtripathi2638]

To day is most fortunate date in my life I'm very pleased to learn your prsentation। Jai sri krishna।

[@subhadradesaimusic]

Thank you.

[@amvedin]

Excellent video. Please give the Shloka recited in the 'show more'. Thanks.

[@anilkaul9932]

In Kashmir also hymns are sung in Vedic style particularly during marriages and related functions...needs further research for exact musicology 🙏🏻

[@TheIndianSpectator]

Like from Kerala.

[@sreejacharakkara8186]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@himanshukandwal8710]

Could you chant all vedas , every mantra. thank you so much.

[@srinivaskini4704]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@jigggro]

Absolutely brilliant

[@देवर्षकामत]

So sad to hear it’s disappearing.

[@prabodhshukla5204]

Only and only one man in Gujarat

[@prabodhshukla5204]

Only and only one person Shri revashankar shastri who rendered Sam gaan he was from Padadhri Jamnagar I heard him fifty years back

[@SohamShivoham]

Kya baat hai! ❤

[@subbusubbu2606]

hari hari...

[@kundantablaofficial3078]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 super wonderful maam

[@TheJanakulkarni]

Hope the Kerala educations continues

[@vagminbuch]

Excellent presentation 👏

[@subhadradesaimusic]

Thank you.

[@PKrish2010]

Very impressive and nice presentation. I have a learnt a few verses in Sama-Kauthuma Sakha. How to get in touch with you?

[@subhadradesaimusic]

Please look for contact no. at my website

[@Rajeswari_Mckearn]

Sai Ram. I am trying to find a Guru to learn Sama Veda. This is my ardent wish. Please advise 🙏🙏🙏

[@subhadradesaimusic]

There are three main Shakhas which do the Sama singing in three different styles. You have to mention which one you wish to learn

[@Rajeswari_Mckearn]

@@subhadradesaimusic Sai Ram Subadhra ji. I have exposure and awareness of Jaiminiya shaka. But after listening to your lecture I am very keen to learn the Gana part of the Sama Veda which as I understand is a component of Kauthuma shaka. I am a vocalist trained in Carnatic and undergoing Hindustani training. Finally I would like to defer to your advice.

[@kirikiran]

@@subhadradesaimusic i am very interested in finding a guru in bangalore. I dont know the shakas, but want to sing the brihat/rathantara sama. i am learning yajurveda/rig veda now. please any help appreciated in direction

[@Krsna927]

Women are not supposed to learn the Vedas. Listen to it, but don't recite. Yeah, I know women hate this fact, but that's the injunction of the scriptures.

[@kirikiran]

@@Krsna927 what nonsense, In the great debate between Adi Sankara and Mandana Mishra, mandana mishra's wife was a scholar beyond par who facilitated the debate it is prakriti before purusha in the vedas, they not only can learn, but also excel

[@sangeetvandanaacademy537]

🙏😊

[@jayitanag6858]

🙏🙏

[@chiranjeebsahitya286]

সুন্দর যথার্থ

[@felixhockey5094]

Guruamma shishya parampara 😘

[@ajaybhonah2416]

Top

[@DevaEkoNaaraayanah]

Only 5 families left for that Shakha😔 How can we save our traditions

[@subhadradesaimusic]

A lot depends on how our academic fraternity and the society on the whole want to perceive the situation and handle it. The stare govts could perhaps help and of course the Central govt. Its sad that our rich heritage is not always preserved the way it ought to be.

[@manjus7634]

i spent time on this and found few things. First i thought, we can encourage kids to learn this by throwing carrots like fame and money (50 lakhs for dedicated study for 16 years). What i found is that some folks are interested in learning the "prayoga" or ritual part of vedas for their livelihood. Some learn vedas in depth for satisfaction but very less. The young crowd is not interested to take a deep dive. It is not even the money or recognition that is the problem. The problem from parents and young gen is that they dont get brides to marry. Most brides who have studied sslc or more, dont want to marry a vedic person or a cook or the ones who do traditional work (applies to other arts as well). This is true even if the bridegroom has quite a bit of money. It is the stigma of of "old age/hale kala/purana zaama ka ladka". I gave up as there was not much i could do to solve this. We want good things to sustain, but we want our sons/daughters to be (or marry) software engineers or doctors. very few give their sons/daughters for this type of lifestyle. why blame others, when we are the reason ourselves.

[@Servant_of_1111]

✨⚜️🙏🥰🙏⚜️✨

[@loneyeti1]

Did you say sobha, or did I hear wrongly. Isn't it stobha?

[@subhadradesaimusic]

The word is 'STOBH' . Please listen carefully.Or STOBHA . There is no word as Sobha

[@loneyeti1]

Oh thank you very much Madam. I had not heard clearly. I apologize

[@Shastri_gobhil_vivek_trivedi]

Gurjar paddhati recently ekdum vikrut ho gayi he. Swar ka loap. Apne apne dhang se yaha gujarat me log gate he

[@SohamShivoham]

Islam's Ajaan is inspired from Sama veda

[@shivprasadjoshi5280]

No, that has been inspired from the Jewish call to prayer. The Jewish tradition can be co-related to the Saraswati Valley times, post-Vedic period.

[@SohamShivoham]

@@shivprasadjoshi5280 Good information. Every abrahamic religion is inspired from a planetary diety esoterically like Jewish- Saturn, Islam- Venus, Christianity- Jupiter

[@himanshukandwal8710]

@@SohamShivoham judaism got inspired by our religion. that is it

[@subbusubbu2606]

mahaa papam you dont have eligibility to sung saama veda . kali prabhavam talli

[@subhadradesaimusic]

Sir, I have not sung any Sama mantra. Please comment with proper knowledge and respect.

[@donpablorizz]

There is no concept of sin in Hinduism….get educated😂😂😂

[@BrajaBeats]

So according to you what is the eligibility sir @subbusubbu!

[@janakih.p3854]

Veda is for all.. irrespective of caste or sex.If you think some one is not eligible to sing saama pl provide details of the veda manthra that says so and so person is not to sing .

[@janakih.p3854]

Baseless descrimination is a great sin. Understand that first.

[@lrpunk123]

Saama Vedaa...is correctly pronounced....BUT Komal Nishaad is screwed up Hindi-Muslim pronunciation....it should be Komala Nishaada

[@subhadradesaimusic]

Sir, first, the word is NOT Vedaa. It is Veda. The pronunciation of Komal Nishaad is NOT 'Komala Nishaada'. That is how it is pronounced in Hindi. I have studied Sanskrit and Hindustani Music very deeply and have great reverence for both. Please comment with correct knowledge