The Four Vedas

VARIOUS ARTISTS

34 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 49 MINUTES • JAN 01 1968

1

Ṛgveda - Opening Hymn

01:50

2

Ṛgveda - Vikṛti Recitation

K. Balasubrahmaniam & R. K. Subrahmanya Sastri

09:05

3

Black Yajurveda - Description of Sacrifice

R. Narayana Sastri & N. Subrahmaniam Ghanapathikal

10:31

4

White Yajurveda - Opening Verses

01:55

5

White Yajurveda - Vikṛti Recitations

02:00

6

White Yarjurveda - Prayer for Immortality

E. J. Kumaraswami Dikshitar

01:21

7

Sāmaveda - Opening Hymn

03:57

8

Sāmaveda - Call to Sacrifice

01:45

9

Sāmaveda - Rathaṃtara

Sivarama Sastri & Ekamra Sastri

02:51

10

Sāmaveda - Opening Hymn (Jaiminīya School)

01:55

11

Sāmaveda - Gāna (Jaiminīya School)

T. Sarangapani Aiyangar

03:18

12

Sāmaveda - Setusāman

05:41

13

Sāmaveda - Bhāruṇḑa-sāman

Sastri Revashankar Bechabhai Trivedi

04:20

14

Atharvaveda - Hymn for Peace

02:51

15

Atharvaveda - Enumeration of Sacrifices

Veniram Vishvanath Raval

01:58

16

Twilight Prayer

Raman Nambudiripad & O. M. Kunhan

04:50

17

Ṛgveda - Saṃhitā

01:39

18

Ṛgveda - Pada

00:41

19

Ṛgveda - Krama

01:06

20

Ṛgveda - Jaṭā

02:05

21

Ṛgveda - Ratha

Raman Nambudiri & Matangarli Paramashvaran

04:25

22

Rgveda - Special Krama

Cherumukku Vaidikan Vallabhen Somayajipad

04:35

23

Teaching Ṛgveda

01:31

24

Black Yajurveda: Koṭṭu

01:24

25

Black Yajurveda: Ghoṣam

Chittor Narayanan Nambudiripad

04:28

26

Sāmaveda - Opening Hymn

02:27

27

Sāmaveda - Kaśyapa's Vow

03:04

28

Sāmaveda - Call to Sacrifice

Muttathukkattu Itti Ravi Nambudiri

02:31

29

Form of Sāmaveda Used in Sacrifice

Cherumukku Vaidikan And Male Singers

01:20

30

Form of Samaveda Used in Sacrifice

Thottam Sankaranarayanan Nambu, Korattikkara Raman Nambudiri & Muttathukkattu Itti Ravi Nambudiri

06:26

31

Sāmaveda - Rathaṃtara

Muttathukkattu Itti Ravi Nambudiri

01:29

32

Stanzas Accompanying Oblations - Yājyā

02:03

33

The Libation of the Soma

01:41

34

Form of Ṛgveda Used in Sacrifice

Cherumukku Vaidikan And Male Singers

06:21

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