sáṃ-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.