Sāma, Son of Pitṛśarman

Sāma

Yajña has other meanings too: see all meanings of Yajña.

Sāma was the third of the four sons of the brāhmaṇa Pitṛśarman of Mathurā. The Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa tells that the four sons, born after the Devī appointed a wife for Pitṛśarman, were knowers of the four Vedas, named Ṛk, Yajush, Sāma and Atharvā. Sāma’s son was Pāṇini, master of Vyākaraṇa-śāstra. Sūta tells this to the ṛshis.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 2, Chapters 30–31

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 2, Chapters 30–31