The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2096 page)

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S
mavasar
na
(Jain assembly hall):
see
ART
(Jainism).
Samav
ya-a
ga
(Jain text):
see
A
GA
.
S
ma Veda
(Skt.). The Vedic collection of chants (
s
man
) used by the Udg
t
priests in the sacrificial rites with the belief that proper tone and pitch gave creative power to the singer of the chant. All but seventy-five of the verses of the
S
ma Veda
are found in the
g Veda
.

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