History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.88

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than once (vide com. on Drāhyāyaṇa Śr. III. 4. 22). The Lāṭ. Śr. itself illustrates (in VII. 10. 18-21) how the first verse is chanted. The nidhanas for the nine verses are (Lāṭ. VII. 13. 7) sāt, sām, suvaḥ, iḍā, vāk, ā (for the last four verses). The note below will, it is hoped, convey some idea (however vague) of the manner in which the sāman verses are manipulated for the purpose of chanting. It is very difficult (nay, almost impossible) to convey in print how the sāmans are sung. The difficulty is aggravated by the fact that the notations adopted in the mss. and the editions are different and hardly any two MSS. agree in all respects. Besides the present writer does not profess to have studied the intricacies of ancient Indian or modern European music and is not in a position to write a dissertation on this topic. He has, however, given below and elsewhere such general and useful hints as could be gathered from Sanskrit works. Those who are desirous of making a