The Music of Hindostan c15.54

c15.54

(iii) *Pratihāra*, the joining in, preceded by *hum*, sung by the *pratihartṛ*, who ‘joined in’ at the last syllable of the *udgītha*. Sometimes the *pratihāra* is divided into two, in which case there is—
(iv) *Upadrava*, the recession, formed out of the last few syllables of the *pratihāra*, sung by the *udgātṛ*.
(v) *Nidhana*, the coda, consisting of one or at the most two syllables, sung by all three priests, followed in some cases by *om*.¹ The following are the first two sections of the first hymn of the *Sāmaveda*: