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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
The Vedas, since the dawn of human civilisation have been regarded as the first Source Books of knowledge, given to man for his individual and collective welfare. They speak of eternal truth and not the history of earlier people as understood by many today. There is no primitivism in the revealed knowledge. It would be erroneous on our part if we interpret the Vedic verses anthropologically or archaeologically.
The Sama verses glorify the Lord Supreme. Only 99 verses of this Veda out of a total of 1875 are such which do not belong to Rigveda whereas the rest are Rigvedic verses sung in Saman tune. Purvarcika, the first part of the text contains 640 verses
and Uttararcika, the second part 1225 verses. In between there is a small part of 10 verses. In sanctity and liturgical importance,
Samaveda is next to Rigveda although it ranks third in the usual order of enumeration of the Vedas. During the Saman music, the
chanter, as he draws the notes from the vocal organs, indicates the same on the fingers of the left and right hands.
Priyavrata Das
Priyavrata Das was born on 1st July, 1932, Odisha (India)- graduated from Bihar College of Engineering, Patna (1954) in Civil Engineering, did Post-graduation from Brighton College of Technology, (U.K)- served in different highway projects for thirty four years- worked as Chief Engineer, R & D, Works Dept, Odisha state-represented India in World Roads Congress (1966). Wrote biographies of eminent engineers Dr. M. Visweswaraya, Dr. A.N. Khosla.
Under the guidance of his scholarly father, he studied Vedic grammar and Texts in childhood. At the age of twentysix, his first book “Veda Manushya Kruta ki ?' (Are the Vedas a creation of man) in Odia was a landmark in Vedic Literature. The book received Odisha Sahitya Academy Award in the same year. Rigveda Saurabha, Yajurveda Saurabha, Sama Veda Sourabha, Atharva Veda Saurabha, Upanishad Prakash (Vo I and II), Shuddha Manusmruti, Patanjala Yoga Darshan are a few to mention out of forty and odd books edited and published.
Established the Arya Samaj and Vaidika Anusandhan Pratisthan at Bhubaneswar for propogation of Vedic knowledge.
A crusader against social evils- encouraged and conducted inter-caste and widow marriages- supported women priest-hood in Vedic worship and ceremomies- fought against caste system, slaughter of animals in religious places etc.
A few outstanding recognitions and awards- Meghji Bhai Puraskar, Mumbai (1994), Maharshi Dayandan Puraskar, Nasik (2005), D. litt. Utkal University (2006), D. litt. Tirupati Sanskrit University (2014), Ganga Prasad Upadhyaya Puraskar, Allahabad (2008), Rastriya Vaidik Sahitya Puraskar (2015), Hindon city Rajasthan, Upadhi- Vidya Vagish, Arya Bibhusana, Arya Ratna, Acharya etc.
Widely travelled in UK, U.S.A, Germany, France, Russia, Mauritius, Kenya, Holland, South Africa, Singapore, Thailand on lecture tours.
