संहिता

See also: सहित and सेहत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संहिता (saṃhitā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə̃.ɦɪ.t̪ɑː/, [sɐ̃.ɦɪ.t̪äː]

Noun

संहिता • (sãhitā) f

1. code, codified system of conduct

   आचरण संहिता ― ācraṇ sãhitā ― code of conduct

   ऋग्वेद संहिता ― ŕgved sãhitā ― the code of the Rig-veda

Declension

Declension of संहिता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	संहिता sãhitā	संहिताएँ sãhitāẽ
oblique	संहिता sãhitā	संहिताओं sãhitāõ
vocative	संहिता sãhitā	संहिताओ sãhitāo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সংহিতা (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬂᬳᬶᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• সংহিতা (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰽𑰮𑰰𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀳𑀺𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• သံဟိတာ (Burmese script)
• સંહિતા (Gujarati script)
• ਸਂਹਿਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌂𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦁꦲꦶꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂁𑂯𑂱𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಂಹಿತಾ (Kannada script)
• សំហិតា (Khmer script)
• ສໍຫິຕາ (Lao script)
• സംഹിതാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᡥᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘽𑘮𑘱𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᠾᠢᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧞𑧎𑧒𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑄𑐴𑐶𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସଂହିତା (Odia script)
• ꢱꢀꢲꢶꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆁𑆲𑆴𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖽𑖮𑖰𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• සංහිතා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪖𑪂𑩑𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚫𑚩𑚮𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஸஂஹிதா (Tamil script)
• సంహితా (Telugu script)
• สํหิตา (Thai script)
• སཾ་ཧི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓀𑒯𑒱𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨸𑨱𑨁𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃́.ɦi.tɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ̃.ɦi.t̪ɑː/

Noun

संहिता • (saṃ-hitā) stem, f

1. conjunction, connection, union
2. (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)
3. 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
4. any methodically arranged collection of texts or verses
5. science
6. the force which holds together and supports the universe (a term applied to the Supreme Being according to some)
7. name of various works

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of संहिता (saṃhitā)
	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 / संहिता¹ saṃhitayā / saṃhitā¹	संहिताभ्याम् saṃhitābhyām	संहिताभिः saṃhitābhiḥ
Dative	संहितायै saṃhitāyai	संहिताभ्याम् saṃhitābhyām	संहिताभ्यः saṃhitābhyaḥ
Ablative	संहितायाः / संहितायै² saṃhitāyāḥ / saṃhitāyai²	संहिताभ्याम् saṃhitābhyām	संहिताभ्यः saṃhitābhyaḥ
Genitive	संहितायाः / संहितायै² saṃhitāyāḥ / saṃhitāyai²	संहितयोः saṃhitayoḥ	संहितानाम् saṃhitānām
Locative	संहितायाम् saṃhitāyām	संहितयोः saṃhitayoḥ	संहितासु saṃhitāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “संहिता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1123.