संहिता (saṃhitā) is a Sanskrit word meaning put together, joined, fixed, settled, composed of, placed together, uninterrupted, furnished with, possessed of, or accompanied by. Its 30 recorded definitions are grouped into 16 contexts, among them Collection, Compendium of Texts, Conjunction, Union (noun), Joined, Put Together (adj.).
any methodically arranged collection of texts or verses
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.बृहत्-स् (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. [ID=227465]
1. Conjunction or combination.
2. A collection, compilation, or compendium, especially of texts or verses, laws, or a legal code.
3. The continuous hymnical text of the Veda formed from separate words by euphonic changes.
4. The euphonic combination of letters in grammar.
5. The supreme being.
[Printed book page 744-16] संहिता (saṃhitā)f. 1. Conjunction, combination; 2. collection, compilation, compendium; 3. any methodical collection of texts or verses; 4. the real continuous hymnical text of the Veda as formed out of the Padas, or separate words by proper phonetic changes according to various schools; (it is thus defined- पदप्रकृतिः संहिता (saṃhitā) (padaprakṛtiḥ saṃhitā)); 5. a compilation or compendium of laws, a code, a digest; 6. the junction or combination of letters according to euphonic rules (in grammar). (It is thus defined- वर्णानामनेकप्राणयोगः संहिता (saṃhitā) (varṇānāmanekaprāṇayogaḥ saṃhitā)); 7. the supreme being. [ID=39129]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Joined, Put Together (adj.)
3 definitions3
put together, joined
(H1) [Printed book page 1123,1] सं-हित (saṃ-hita)amfn. (√1.धा (dhā)) put together, joined, attached, RV. &c. &c. [ID=227445]
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.Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 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. [ID=227464]
The continuous hymnical text of the Veda formed from individual words by proper phonetic changes.
संहिता (saṃhitā) [Printed book page 1074-c] संहिता (saṃhitā) 5 The continuous hymnical text of the Veda as formed out of the Padas or individual words by proper phonetic changes according to different Śākhās or schools; पदप्रकृतिः सहिता (padaprakṛtiḥ sahitā)Nir.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
vedic text
संहिता (saṃhitā) [Printed book page 612-2] *Saṃhitā (“vedic text”): I, 2883 (padakramāyutāṃ),
6363 (°ādhyayane); III, 13425; XII, 7166, 7167, 7203,
7279, 7314, 7320 (°ādhyāyin).
[ID=9365]
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Euphonic Junction of Letters (Sandhi)
2 definitions2
the junction or combination of letters according to euphonic rules
(in gram.) the junction or combination of letters according to euphonic rules (= संधि (saṃdhi), but sometimes considered rather as the state preparatory to the actual junction than the junction itself), Prāt. [ID=227463]
The combination or junction of letters according to the rules of euphony.
संहिता (saṃhitā) [Printed book page 1074-c] संहिता (saṃhitā) 6 (In gram) Compination or junction of letters according to the rules of Saṃdhi or euphony; परः (paraḥ)संनिकर्षः संहिता (saṃhitā) (saṃnikarṣaḥ saṃhitā)Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī I. 4. 109; वर्णानामतिशयितः संनिधिः संहिता (saṃhitā)संज्ञः स्यात् (varṇānāmatiśayitaḥ saṃnidhiḥ saṃhitāsaṃjñaḥ syāt)Sk.; or वर्णानामे कप्राणयोगः संहिता (saṃhitā) (varṇānāme kaprāṇayogaḥ saṃhitā).
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Proper Name (of a Sāman, Works)
2 definitions2
name of a Saman
सं-हित (saṃ-hita)n.N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr. [ID=227457]
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Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
