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Samann.1

/ˈsɑːmən/
Etymology: < Sanskrit sāman chant.
A sacred text or verse forming the third of the four kinds of Vedas; the name of the Veda thus formed. Also attributive.
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Rigveda1776
Samaveda1798
Upanishad1805
Saman1843
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 171/1 These are the Rĭch, Yajush, Sâman, and Atharvan'a.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 277/1 The sâman-hymnal consists of two parts, viz., the Sāmaveda-saṃhitâ, or collection of texts (ṛich) used for making up sâman-hymns, and the Gâna, or tune-books.
1913 J. N. Farquhar Crown of Hinduism 77 The Sāman, Yajus, and Atharvan exhibit the same polytheism.
1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) IV. 456/1 The Sāmans (sacrificial chants) may, though rarely, be heard nowadays.

Derivatives

Samaveda n. /ˈsɑːməˌveɪdə/ the name of the third Veda.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > non-Judaeo-Christian scriptures > [noun] > Hindu > Veda > division of
Rigveda1776
Samaveda1798
Upanishad1805
Saman1843
1798 Asiatick Researches 5 364 Prayer..on beginning a lecture of the Samaveda.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 171/1 The Sâmaveda contains songs of lyrical character to be recited with melancholy.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 278/1 The Vaṃśa-brâhmaṇa, a mere list of the Sâmaveda teachers.
1900 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough (ed. 2) I. i. 92 A particular hymn of the ancient Indian collection known as the Samaveda.
1968 Jrnl. Music Acad. Madras 39 105 Samkirtana is in itself Brahman and is greater than Sama-veda.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

samann.2

/saˈmɑːn/
Forms: Also samaan, samang.
Etymology: < American Spanish samán, < Carib zamang.
= guango n., zamang n. Also attributive.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > guango
monkey-pod1868
guango1871
saman1888
1888 W. Hillebrand Flora Hawaiian Islands 115 Pithecolobium Samang, the Samang or Monkey-pod tree, enjoys great favour as a shade tree.
1951 J. C. Fennessy Sonnet in Bottle ii. iii. 46 The huge tents of the saman trees were islands of blackness in the cooling streams of night air.
1958 G. Lamming Of Age & Innoc. ii. vii. 117 The tall black samaan tree at the curve of the hill-top.
1960 Times 10 Mar. 18/3 The saman trees..were full of holders of tree tickets.
1963 E. T. Robertson & E. G. B. Gooding Bot. for Caribbean xxiii. 183 Guango, Saman or Rain Tree—Enterolobium saman. This is a large, spreading tree, a native of Central and South America, naturalised or cultivated throughout the West Indies.
1968 E. Lovelace Schoolmaster viii. 120 Christiana was sitting on the trunk of a fallen samaan tree in the shade near the cocoa house.
1974 Times 5 Feb. 12/4 Queen's Park Oval is unlike its namesake at Kennington. Where the gasholders should be there are some fine samaan trees, with a range of low, wooded hills right behind them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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