Kauthuma
Kauthuma
Founder of the most widespread living school of the Samaveda
Kauthuma founded the Kauthuma shakha — the most widely practised school of the Samaveda, still actively chanted today in Gujarat, Maharashtra, and parts of Tamil Nadu. His lineage represents one of the last living connections to the original Samavedic musical tradition.
Key compositions
The most widely transmitted recension of the Samaveda — 1,875 verses with full musical notation. Still chanted in its original form today.
A key verse
ओम् अग्न आ याहि वीतये गृणानो हव्यदातये ।
O Agni, come for the feast, praised one, for the gift of oblations.
Samaveda Purvarchika 1.1 — opening of the Kauthuma recension
Lineage & disciples
Lineage / Gotra
Disciple of Veda Vyasa through the Samaveda lineage
Notable disciples
His school continues in living practitioners today