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samāsa

sam-āsa m. (for 2. See sam-√ ās) throwing or putting together, aggregation, conjunction, combination, connection, union, totality (ena, ‘fully, wholly, summarily’), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [Mn.] &c.

succinctness, conciseness, condensation (ibc. and -tas, ‘concisely, succinctly, briefly’), [KauṣUp.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

(in gram.) composition of words, a compound word (of which there are accord. to native grammarians, 6 kinds, viz. Dvaṃdva, Bahu-vrīhi, Karma-dhāraya, Tat-puruṣa, Dvigu, and Avyaya or Avyayī-bhāva [qq.vv.]; an improper compound is called asthāna-samāsa), [Prāt.]; [Pāṇ.] &c.

euphonic combination (= saṃdhi), [VPrāt.]

(in astron.) a partic. circle, [Sūryas.]

composition of differences, reconciliation (-samarthana), [L.]

the part of a Śloka given for completion (= samasyā), [L.]

sam-āsa (for 1. See under sam-√ as) m. abiding together, connection, [MW.]