Re: [INDOLOGY] question on Bṛhat sāman

[Moore Gerety, Finnian]

Howard--
Thanks to the Brāhmaṇa obsession with making correlations/identifications/correspondences, you can get some idea of what the Bṛhat represents in the Veda by examining the entities with which it is correlated. The Bṛhat and Rathantara are treated as a pair in some of these passages, so that you also get an idea of the entities to which each is opposed. For example (PB 7.6.17, trans. Caland): B is the mind, R  voice; B is the melody, R the verse; B is expiration, R is inspiration; B is yonder world, R is this world.
Caland's translation of the Pañcaviṃśa-Brāhmaṇa has an index of sāman names, so you can easily find all the passages that mention Bṛhat. The Jaiminīya-Brāhmaṇa also has a lot to say about the Bṛhat; an accessible example is in Caland's Das Jaiminīya-Brāhmaṇa in Auswahl § 25 (p32).

yours,
Finn

Finnian Moore Gerety
Doctoral Candidate
Department of South Asian Studies
Harvard University

On 16-Jul-2013, at 3:53 PM, Howard Resnick wrote:

Thank you very much. Do you know why these verses were called the "Great Saman", brhat-saman?
Best,
Howard

On Jul 16, 2013, at 2:09 AM, Dipak Bhattacharya <dbhattacharya200498 at yahoo.com<mailto:dbhattacharya200498 at yahoo.com>> wrote:

Bṛhat and Rathantara are considered two important sāmans in the Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa. Bṛhat is based on RV.6.46.1,2. See PB 5.1.10ff, 5.2.1,8.9.11 etc.
Best
DB


From: Howard Resnick <hr at ivs.edu<mailto:hr at ivs.edu>>
To: Indology List <indology at list.indology.info<mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>
Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2013 3:42 AM
Subject: [INDOLOGY] question

In Bhagavad-gita 10.35, Krsna says, "Of sAmans, I am bRhat-sAman…"

Could someone kindly explain exactly what the bRhat-sAman is?

Thanks!
Howard
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