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In some sense, these 257 mantra-s were regarded as very important them their presence was necessary in both the compilations, especially since the persons who compiled them were (probably) the same. The Samveda from saman melody and veda knowledge, is the third of the four Vedas, the ancient core scriptures of Hinduism. When it is viewed as made up of two compilations, a plausible reason arises. The Samveda from saman melody and veda knowledge, is the third of the four Vedas, the ancient core scriptures of Hinduism. Vedas, in The Vedas: Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, p. The arrangement of its verses is with reference to their place and use in the Soma sacrifice. There is no independent work in this Veda. This repetition does not make sense if SV is regarded as a single book. The Sma Veda is a collection of Sma songs (a particular metre, which can be sung) from Rg Veda. Out of the 650 mantra-s of Purva Archika, 257 are repeated in Uttara archika. Viewing the Sama Veda as made up of two independent compilations answers an important questions. What is the logic behind each compilation? This question is answered in the essay in section (iii). Thus Sama Veda is made of two different compilations. Thus purva Archika by itself is a compilation, so also is Uttara-archika. There are 400 sukta-s in the Uttara archika. On the other hand, the Uttara archika is divided into 22 adhyaya-s coming from the same sukta in RV. Is it one compilation or are there two compilations here? The Purva Archika with its 650 mantra-s is divided into 5 Kanda-s all the mantra-s in the same Kanda are usually attributed to the same deity there is no division of a Kanda into sukta-s. Thus Sama Veda is a compilation of the mantra-s of Rig Veda. All the Mantra-s of SV except for 102 mantra-s (66 in purva-archika and 36 in uttara archika) are in Rig Veda Samhita.