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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃhan (संहन्).—2 P.

1) To unite closely together, join together; हस्तौ संहत्य (hastau saṃhatya) Manusmṛti 2.71; दूत एव हि संघत्ते भिनत्येव च संहतान् (dūta eva hi saṃghatte bhinatyeva ca saṃhatān) 7.66; see संहत (saṃhata).

2) To heap, collect, accumulate; तद्यदपांशर आसीत् समहन्यत (tadyadapāṃśara āsīt samahanyata) Bṛ. Up.1.2.2.

3) To contract, diminish.

4) To strike, kill, destroy.

5) To strike against each other, clash.

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

Saṃhan (संहन्):—[=saṃ-√han] [Parasmaipada] -hanti, ([indeclinable participle] -hatya q.v.), to strike or put together, join, shut, close (eyes, wings, hands), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to beat together, make solid, [Suśruta];

—to put together id est. frame, fabricate, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra];

— ([Ātmanepada]) to rush together (in battle), meet, encounter ([instrumental case]), [Ṛg-veda vii, 56, 22];

— (jighnate), to meet as a friend ([instrumental case]), [ib. ix, 14, 4];

— ([Parasmaipada]) to break, crush, kill, destroy, [ib.] :

—[Passive voice] -hanyate, to be put together or joined, join, unite (intr.), [Śaṃkarācārya];

—to become compact or solid, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] :

—[Causal] -ghātayati, to strike together, kill, destroy utterly, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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

Saṃhan (संहन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sāhaṇa.

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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.

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Partial matches: Han, Sam.

Starts with: Samhana, Samhanana, Samhananabalopeta, Samhananahanu, Samhanananamakarma, Samhanananga, Samhananavat, Samhananika, Samhananin, Samhananiya, Samhananopeta, Samhantar, Samhantri, Samhanu.

Ends with: Abhisamhan.

Full-text (+22): Samhatya, Samgha, Samhati, Samhana, Abhisamhan, Samhanana, Samhantri, Samhatoru, Samhatishalin, Samhatibhava, Samhatabhru, Samhananiya, Samhatahastatva, Samhananopeta, Samhananavat, Samhat, Upasamhata, Samhatata, Samhatapana, Samhatapucchi.

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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

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