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Samhita|ˈsamhɪtaː|
Also sanhita.
[Skr. saṃhitā union, connection, f. sam together + dhā to place.]
A text treated according to sandhi; a version of the vedas which is the continuous text formed from the pada or separate words by the appropriate phonetic sound changes. Also attrib.
1805H. T. Colebrooke in Asiatick Researches VIII. 476 Tradition..reckons sixteen Sanhitas of the Rigveda. 1843Penny Cycl. XXVI. 171/1 The Rĭgveda is the first in order and its Sanhitâ contains mantras..to the elemental deities. 1887,1917[see pada b]. 1920J. N. Farquhar Outl. Relig. Lit. India i. 26 The Veda as handed down in the various schools..soon showed considerable differences. It has come down to us in four distinct forms called Saṁhitās. 1953in K. W. Morgan Relig. of Hindus vii. 265 The Upaniṣhads are the philosophic and mystical elaboration of the truths first revealed to the Seers and recorded in the Saṁhitās. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 375/3 The foremost collection, or Samhitā, of such hymns..is the Ṛgveda. |