History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.122

v3.c51.122

Jaimini deals in about 60 adhikaraṇas with matters arising out of the relation of the Sāmaveda to sacrifices in V. 3, IX. 1, IX. 2, X. 5-6 and elsewhere. Some of the conclusions are very interesting and may be briefly indicated; viz. the ūhagrantha is of human authorship (IX. 2. 1-2), the ṛk is principal and the melody is an attribute of it (IX. 2. 3-13), the whole melody is to be sung on each ṛk of the sāman (IX. 2. 14-20), the verses of a sāman should as far as possible be in the same metre (IX. 2. 21-22), the ṛk verses set out in the Uttarārcika are to be taken for singing the melody on (IX. 2. 23-24), that two verses have to be arranged as three by repetition of the 4th or last pāda in certain melodies (IX. 2. 25-27), that in the Yajñāyajñīya sāman for the words 'girā girā' in the original 'irā irā' has to be substituted in the melody (IX. 1. 50-51).