Sama Veda

The document provides an introduction to the Sama Veda, one of the four Vedas. It discusses that Sama Veda contains 1875 mantras or verses from the Rig Veda set to melodies. It also describes the three recensions of Sama Veda and how the verses are grouped into chapters. Finally, it briefly explains the process of transforming the mantras into songs through adding notation and discusses an error detection method used to preserve the text orally.