Definition of Samans

1. saman [n] - See also: saman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Samans

salvors
salvos
salwar
salwar kameez
salzburgite
saléeite
saléeites
sama
samaan
samaans
samadhi
samadhis
samaj
saman
samandarine
samans (current term)
samara
samaras
samarian
samaritans
samarium
samariums
samaroid
samarra
samarras
samarskite
samarskites
samas
samba
sambaed

Literary usage of Samans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda by Arthur Berriedale Keith (1920)
"They perform the Svara samans; the Svara samans are these worlds. They saved these worlds with the Svara samans; that is why 4 The ..."

2. The Satapatha-brâhmana: According to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School by Julius Eggeling (1900)
"... vital power: in like manner do the officiating priests, by means of these samans, brace the Sacrificer up to energy, or vital power. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Tho first part, on the other hand, contains tho body of tune-verses, or verses used for practising tho several samans or times upon,—tho tunes themselves ..."

4. The Institutes of Vishnu by Julius Jolly (1880)
"Brahm. I, 4, 8. 9. Rig-veda I, 99, 1. 10. Sama-veda II, 47-49. Regarding this and the following samans see also Benfey, Ind. Stud. ..."

5. Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda by Arthur Berriedale Keith (1920)
"They perform the Svara samans; the Svara samans are these worlds. They saved these worlds with the Svara samans; that is why 4 The ..."

6. The Satapatha-brâhmana: According to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School by Julius Eggeling (1900)
"... vital power: in like manner do the officiating priests, by means of these samans, brace the Sacrificer up to energy, or vital power. ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Tho first part, on the other hand, contains tho body of tune-verses, or verses used for practising tho several samans or times upon,—tho tunes themselves ..."

8. The Institutes of Vishnu by Julius Jolly (1880)
"Brahm. I, 4, 8. 9. Rig-veda I, 99, 1. 10. Sama-veda II, 47-49. Regarding this and the following samans see also Benfey, Ind. Stud. ..."

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