Samasya, Samasyā, Samāsyā: 11 definitions

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1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
4. Kannada
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Introduction:

Samasya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

samasyā (समस्या).—f (S) The requiring (among scholars as a trial of their skill) of a shlok or stanza to be completed by them, on giving out to them a part of it: also the part so given out. In the manner of Virgil's Sic vos non vobis. v ghāla, purava. 2 A knotty question; a posing case; a puzzle or enigma proposed. v ghāla, purava.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Samasyā (समस्या).—

1) Proposing part of a stanza to another to be completed, the part of a stanza so given to be completed; कः श्रीपतिः का विषमा समस्या (kaḥ śrīpatiḥ kā viṣamā samasyā) Subhāṣ.; (thus the lines vāgarthāviva saṃpṛktau; śatakoṭipravistaram; turāsāhaṃ purodhāya are completed by nemuḥ sarve surāḥ śivau).

2) (Hence) Completing or filling up what is incomplete; गौरीव पत्या सुभगा कदाचित् कर्तेयमप्यर्धतनूसमस्याम् (gaurīva patyā subhagā kadācit karteyamapyardhatanūsamasyām) N.7.83 (samasyā = saṃghaṭanam).

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Samāsyā (समास्या).—

1) Session.

2) Interview.

3) Sitting together; अनसूयासमास्यां च (anasūyāsamāsyāṃ ca) Rām.1.3.18.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samasya (समस्य).—mfn.

(-syaḥ-syā-syaṃ) 1. To be collected together. 2. To be made entire or complete. f.

(-syā) Part of a stanza, proposed as a trial of skill to be completed. E. sama even or complete, kyac affix, and suk augment; or sama together, as to direct, kyap or ṇyat aff.

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Samāsyā (समास्या).—f.

(-syā) Interview, colloquy. E. sam together, as to be, ṇyat aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samasyā (समस्या).—[sam-as + yā] (fem. of the ptcple. fut. pass. of sam- 2. as), f. 1. The part of a stanza given to another person to complete it. 2. The giving to another person part of a stanza, and requiring him to complete it.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samasyā (समस्या).—[feminine] conjunction, union, staying together.

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Samāsyā (समास्या).—[feminine] sitting together with ([instrumental] or —°).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Samasya (समस्य):—[=sam-asya] [from sam-as] mfn. to be thrown or put together or compounded or combined, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] to be made entire or complete, [ib.]

3) Samasyā (समस्या):—[=sam-asyā] [from sam-asya > sam-as] a f. See next.

4) [v.s. ...] b f. junction, union, the being or remaining together with ([compound]), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Naiṣadha-carita]

5) [v.s. ...] a part of a stanza given to another person to be completed, [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]

6) Samāsyā (समास्या):—[=sam-āsyā] [from sam-āsana > sam-ās] f. sitting together, session, colloquy, interview, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Samasyā (समस्या):—(syā) 1. f. Part of a stanza to be finished as a trial of skill. a. That should be collected or completed.

2) Samāsyā (समास्या):—[samā+syā] (syā) 1. f. Interview.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Samasyā (समस्या) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Samassā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Samasya in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Samasyā (समस्या):—(nf) a problem; the last portion or line of a metrical composition which is meant for completion in the same metre by a competitor; -[nāṭaka] a problem play; -[purti] completing a metrical composition posed as a ['samasyā'; ~mūlaka] problematic; —[kā samādhāna] solution of a/the problem.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Samasya (ಸಮಸ್ಯ):—

1) [adjective] that is to be joined, clubbed, united with.

2) [adjective] that is to be commpleted.

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Samasya (ಸಮಸ್ಯ):—[noun] = ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ - [samasye -]2 & 3.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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