# सामगान (sāmagāna)

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सामगान (sāmagāna) is a Sanskrit word meaning a chanter of Samaveda, Sama chant, chant of the Sama Veda.

- **SLP1:** `sAmagAna`  **IAST:** sāmagāna  **Devanagari:** सामगान
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samagana
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/samagana/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** सामगण (sāmagaṇa)

## Meanings by context

### Other (3 definitions)
- a chanter of Samaveda  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1205,1] साम (sāma) — गान (—gāna) m. a chanter of S°, Cat. [ ID=242254 ]
- Sama chant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > साम (sāma) — गान (—gāna) n. S° chant, KātyŚr. [ ID=242255 ]
- chant of the Sama Veda  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सामगान (sāmagāna) [Printed book page 614 ] सामगान (sāmagāna) m. = prec., n. chant of the S. [ ID=36627 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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