Vedic ritualism, a composite of ancient Indo-Aryan and Harappan culture, contributed to the deities and traditions of Hinduism over time. The Indo-Aryan Vedas remain the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, which is considered one of the oldest religions in the world. HinduismĪ major world religion that began on the Indian Subcontinent. The oldest scriptures of Hinduism, originally passed down orally but then written in Vedic Sanskrit between 1500 and 500 BCE. Caste SystemĪn ancient social structure based upon one of the fables in the Vedas, castes persist in modern India. The oldest and most important of the four Vedas.
Here are a couple of young chanters chanting some Sama Veda verses (I recognize the singing style of Sama Veda chanting but not the Sama Veda verses and I am going by the title of the youtube video that they are chanting Sama Veda):, 3 min. The Shankaracharya speaks in a very engaging and nice way conveying his deep knowledge about these topics in simple to understand Tamil. Here is a Tamil discourse on Sama Veda as well as some general matters related to Veda by His Holiness, Sringeri Shankaracharya,, 13 min. So I have done my bit of reading of it including its famous Chandogya Upanishad,, which has the famous 'Tat Twam Asi' ('You are That/God' OR rather when one puts it in context of the shloka/verse in which it occurs, from my humble understanding it means 'The essence of all creation is the divine essence/God You are (your essential reality is) that (divine essence)').
I did not learn any Sama Veda mantra chanting.īut I have an interest in Sama Veda and an affection for it. By nominal I mean that I used to follow rituals in the family as per Sama Veda knowledgeable priests but that's it.