[Advaita-l] Lord Hayagriva is the Samaveda God

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2011, Srikanta Narayanaswami wrote:

> Not to add anything material to the discussion, we have in the tradition the
> forms of Lord Vishnu as LakshmIvarAha (wild boar faced) murthy and
> Hayagreeva (horse faced).  The sAma veda murthy is also some animal faced.
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> Apropos the above posting,Lord Hayagriva with his consort Lakshmi is the diety
> of Samaveda.
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> N.Srikanta.
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Sometime ago I posted some descriptions of the iconic forms of the Vedas 
from the vratakanda of chaturvargachintamani by Hemadri Acharya (an 
encycopedic dharmashastra work)  Here it is again.

R^igveda

A divine being white-colored with a bulls head.  In his right hand he
holds a rudrAkshamAlA and with his left hand displays the abhaya mudrA.

yajurveda

A divine being of yellow color with a goats head.  In his right hand he
holds a rudrAkshamAlA and in his left hand, the vajra or thunderbolt.

sAmaveda

A divine being of dark blue (nIla) color with a horses head.  In his right
hand he holds a rudrAkshamAlA and in his left hand a shanka or conch 
shell.

atharvaveda

A divine being of white color with the head of a monkey.  In his right
hand he holds a rudrAkshamAlA and in his left hand a club or mace
(khaTvA~nga)

But this source does not equate the samavedamurti with bhagavan hayagriva.

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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>