Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of the collections of sacred hymns constituting the metrical portions of the Vedas.

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  • noun one of four collections of sacred texts

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Sanskrit saṃhitā, collection, from feminine past participle of samdadhāti, he puts together, collects : sam, together; see sem- in Indo-European roots + dadhāti, he puts; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

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  • Instead of telling me what was wrong with that post, you instead deleted it without anyone knowing or without telling anyone- not good samhita.

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  • This is confirmed in the Brahma-samhita 5.32: angani yasya sakalendriya-vrittimanti.

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