History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c47.s1.29

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²²⁵³ The verses 'abhi tvā śūra' (Ṛg. VII. 32. 22), 'kayā naścitra' (Ṛg. IV. 31. 1), 'tvām-iddhi havāmahe' (Ṛg. VI. 46. 1), 'aśvaṃ na tvā vāravantaṃ' (Ṛg. I. 27. 1), 'abhi pra vaḥ surādhasam' (Ṛg. VIII. 49. 1), 'yajñāyajñā vo' (Ṛg. VI. 48. 1) are respectively the sāmans called Rathantara, Vāmadevya, Bṛhat, Vāravantīya, Syaita and Yajñāyajñīya. All these verses occur in the Sāmaveda (vide vol. III. p. 83, 87, 330, vol. I. p. 120, 483 and 147 respectively, B. I. series). Vide Tai. S. V. 5. 8. 1-2, Ait. Br. 19. 6 for the names of these and other sāmans. Jai. (III. 3. 9) declares that, though sāman verses are as a rule to be chanted loudly, in ādhāna they are to be uttered inaudibly (upāṃśu), since ādhāna is to be done with yajurveda procedure.