सं-हिता f. af. See next
सं-हिता f. bf. conjunction, connection, union,
[TUp.] संधि (in gram.) the junction or combination of letters according to euphonic rules (= , 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
वेदs as formed out of the
पदs or separate words by proper phonetic changes [according to various schools;
cf. [IW. 152] ] : beside the
संहिताs of the
ऋग्-,
साम-, and
अथर्ववेद there is the
वाजसनेयि-संहिता belonging to the White
यजुर्-वेद, and five other
संहिताs belonging to the black
यजुर्-वेद,
viz. the
तैत्तिरीय-
S° , the
संहिता of the
आत्रेयs [known only by its
अनुक्रमणी], the
S° of the
कठs, the
कपिष्ठल-
कठ-
S° , and the
S° of the
मैत्रायणीयs or
मैत्रायणी-
S° ),
[Nir.] ;
[Prāt.] &c.
बृहत्-स्° any methodically arranged collection of texts or verses (
e.g. the
रामायण, the various law-books, the medical works of
चरक and
शार्ङ्गधर, the complete system of natural astrology &c. [
cf. ]; there is also a
संहिता of the
पुराणs said to have been compiled by
व्यास, the substance of which is supposed to be represented by the
विष्णु-पुराण),
[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.