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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
saṃhitāसंहिताsáṃ-hitā (ā), f., see next
saṃ-hitā f. conjunction, connection, union, [TUp.]
(in gram.) the junction or combination of letters according to euphonic rules (= saṃdhi, but sometimes considered rather as the state preparatory to the actual junction than the junction itself), [Prāt.]
a text treated according to euphonic rules (esp. the real continuous text of the Vedas as formed out of the Padas or separate words by proper phonetic changes [according to various schools; cf. [IW. 152]] : beside the Saṃhitās of the Ṛg-, Sāma-, and Atharvaveda there is the Vājasaneyi-Saṃhitā belonging to the White Yajur-veda, and five other Saṃhitās belonging to the black Yajur-veda, viz. the Taittirīya-S°, the Saṃhitā of the Ātreyas [known only by its Anukramaṇī], the S° of the Kaṭhas, the Kapiṣṭhala-Kaṭha-S°, and the S° of the Maitrāyaṇīyas or Maitrāyaṇī-S°), [Nir.]; [Prāt.] &c.
any methodically arranged collection of texts or verses (e.g. the Rāmāyaṇa, the various law-books, the medical works of Caraka and Śārṅgadhara, the complete system of natural astrology &c. [cf. bṛhat-s°]; there is also a Saṃhitā of the Purāṇas said to have been compiled by Vyāsa, the substance of which is supposed to be represented by the Viṣṇu-purāṇa), [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Pur.] &c.
science, [L.]
the force which holds together and supports the universe (a term applied to the Supreme Being accord. to some), [MW.]
N. of various works.
saṃhitāntaसंहितान्तsáṃhitānta mfn. joined at the ends, [AV.]
saṃhitāvatसंहितावत्saṃ-hitā—vat ind. as in the Saṃhitā text, [MW.]
saṃhitājapaसंहिताजपsaṃ-hitā—japa m. the recitation of a S° (of the Veda), [Mn. xi, 201.]
saṃhitākāraसंहिताकारsaṃ-hitā—kāra m. the author of a Saṃhitā, [Rājat.]
saṃhitāpāṭhaसंहितापाठsaṃ-hitā—pāṭha m. the continuous text of the Veda (as formed out of the Pada-pāṭha q.v.), [Pat.], Sch.
saṃhitāsāraसंहितासारsaṃ-hitā—sāra m. N. of astrol. wk.
saṃhitāvidhiसंहिताविधिsaṃ-hitā—vidhi m. the method of the S° text, [RPrāt.], Sch.
saṃhitābhāṣyaसंहिताभाष्यsaṃ-hitā—bhāṣya n. N. of wk.
saṃhitākalpaसंहिताकल्पsaṃ-hitā—kalpa m. N. of a Pariśiṣṭa of the Atharva-veda.
saṃhitārṇavaसंहितार्णवsaṃ-hitā°rṇava (°tārn°), m. N. of wk.
saṃhitāsūtraसंहितासूत्रsaṃ-hitā—sūtra n. a kind of Prātiśākhya to the Ṛg-veda.
saṃhitādhyāyinसंहिताध्यायिन्saṃ-hitā°dhyāyin (°tādh°), mfn. repeating the S° of a Veda, [ib.]
saṃhitādīpakaसंहितादीपकsaṃ-hitā—dīpaka n. N. of wk.
saṃhitāskandhaसंहितास्कन्धsaṃ-hitā—skandha m. N. of wk.
saṃhitādhyayanaसंहिताध्ययनsaṃ-hitā°dhyayana (°tādh°), n. the repeating of the S° of a Veda, [MBh.]
saṃhitādaṇḍakaसंहितादण्डकsaṃ-hitā—daṇḍaka m. n. N. of wk.
saṃhitāpradīpaसंहिताप्रदीपsaṃ-hitā—pradīpa m. N. of wk.
saṃhitāprakāraसंहिताप्रकारsaṃ-hitā—prakāra m. pl. (with ekādaśa) N. of a wk. (containing 11 modes of reciting Vedic texts, viz. saṃhitā, pada, krama, jaṭā, mālā, śikhā, lekhā, dhvaja, daṇḍa, ratha, gaṇa).
saṃhitāsārāvalīसंहितासारावलीsaṃ-hitā—sārāvalī f. N. of astrol. wk.
saṃhitāratnākaraसंहितारत्नाकरsaṃ-hitā—ratnākara m. N. of wk.
saṃhitāhomapaddhatiसंहिताहोमपद्धतिsaṃ-hitā—homa-paddhati f. N. of wk.
saṃhitāvidhivivaraṇaसंहिताविधिविवरणsaṃ-hitā—vidhi—vivaraṇa n. N. of wk.
saṃhitāsamānalakṣaṇaसंहितासमानलक्षणsaṃ-hitā—samāna-lakṣaṇa n. N. of a phonetic treatise.