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संहिता
संहिता
Sanskrit
Noun
संहिता • (saṃ-hitā) f
- conjunction, connection, union
- (grammar) the junction or combination of letters according to euphonic rules (sandhi, but sometimes considered rather as the state preparatory to the actual junction than the junction itself)
- a text treated according to euphonic rules (especially the real continuous text of the Vedas as formed out of the padas or separate words by proper phonetic changes); a samhita
- any methodically arranged collection of texts or verses
- science
- the force which holds together and supports the universe (a term applied to the Supreme Being according to some)
- name of various works
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of संहिता | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | संहिता (saṃhitā) | ||
| Gen. sg. | संहितायाः (saṃhitāyāḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | संहिता (saṃhitā) | संहिते (saṃhite) | संहिताः (saṃhitāḥ) |
| Vocative | संहिते (saṃhite) | संहिते (saṃhite) | संहिताः (saṃhitāḥ) |
| Accusative | संहिताम् (saṃhitām) | संहिते (saṃhite) | संहिताः (saṃhitāḥ) |
| Instrumental | संहितया (saṃhitayā) | संहिताभ्याम् (saṃhitābhyām) | संहिताभिः (saṃhitābhiḥ) |
| Dative | संहितायै (saṃhitāyai) | संहिताभ्याम् (saṃhitābhyām) | संहिताभ्यः (saṃhitābhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | संहितायाः (saṃhitāyāḥ) | संहिताभ्याम् (saṃhitābhyām) | संहिताभ्यः (saṃhitābhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | संहितायाः (saṃhitāyāḥ) | संहितयोः (saṃhitayoḥ) | संहितानाम् (saṃhitānām) |
| Locative | संहितायाम् (saṃhitāyām) | संहितयोः (saṃhitayoḥ) | संहितासु (saṃhitāsu) |
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1123