Alternative spellings of this word include Sanhat.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Saṃhatā (संहता).—Second wife of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. She was the niece of Gāndhārī.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Saṃhata (संहत).—A son of Kuntī.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 43. 9.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Saṃhata (संहत).—A tone in which two or more accents or tones are mixed up with one another, cf. Bharadvaja Siksa.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Saṃhata (संहत):—[saṃhataṃ] Thick

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Saṃhata (संहत) refers to “(being) present (in the house)” [?], according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “The Transmental, which is void, ageless and free of defects is, by it very nature, present in the House of the Full Moon (saṃhata—candrapūrṇasya veśmasya saṃhatā) within the Śāmbhava Kula”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

saṃhata : (adj.) firm; compact. || saṃhaṭa (pp. of saṃharati), collected; drawn together; folded up.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

saṃhata (संहत).—p S Compact, compressed, close-joined: also close-set, thick-set, strong-knit. 2 Collected together.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

saṃhata (संहत).—p Compact. Collected together. Organised. United.

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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

Saṃhata (संहत).—p. p.

1) Struck together, wounded.

2) Closed, shut; मैथिलः श्रुतदेवश्च युगपत् संहताञ्जली (maithilaḥ śrutadevaśca yugapat saṃhatāñjalī) Bhāgavata 1.86.25.

3) Well-knit, firmly united.

4) Closely joined or allied; नसंहतास्तस्य नभिन्नवृत्तयः (nasaṃhatāstasya nabhinnavṛttayaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 1.19.

5) Compact, firm, solid; ततो जज्ञे मांसपेशी लोहाष्ठीलेव संहता (tato jajñe māṃsapeśī lohāṣṭhīleva saṃhatā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.115.12.

6) Combined, joined, keeping together, being in a body, being very close; जालमादाय गच्छन्ति संहताः पक्षिणोऽप्यमी (jālamādāya gacchanti saṃhatāḥ pakṣiṇo'pyamī) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.8;5. 11; H.1.34.

7) Of one accord.

8) Assembled, collected.

9) Composite, compound (said of a kind of odour); इष्टश्चानिष्टगन्धश्च (iṣṭaścāniṣṭagandhaśca) ...... संहतः स्निग्धः (saṃhataḥ snigdhaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.184.28 (com. saṃhataścitragandho'nekadravyakalkagataḥ).

1) Strong-limbed, athletic.

11) Killed.

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Saṃhāta (संहात).—One of the 21 hells; Manusmṛti 4.89 (v. l. for saṃghāta).

Derivable forms: saṃhātaḥ (संहातः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Saṃhāta (संहात).—(m.; = Sanskrit or [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] saṃghāta, as such in Sanskrit but not in meaning 2; § 2.35; not recorded in MIndic), (1) mass, collection: (Jīvakena vaidyarājena…) bhaiṣa- jyataru-saṃhāta-mayaṃ dārikārūpaṃ kṛtaṃ Śikṣāsamuccaya 159.9; sarvaratnayamaka-saṃhāto ([bahuvrīhi] adj., with kūṭāgāro 14) Gaṇḍavyūha 6.17; (2) in acchaṭā-°ta, = acchaṭā-(q.v.)-saṃghāta: ekācchaṭā-°ta-mātram api Śikṣāsamuccaya 214.11, for a single snap of the fingers (jiffy, trice).

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

Saṃhata (संहत).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Strong-knit, well-limbed. 2. Compact, close. 3. Joined, attached or approximated to. 4. Closed, shut. 5. Collected, assembled. 6. Struck, hurt, wounded, killed. 7. Acting or making effort together, combining, combined. 8. Closely allied. E. sam with, together with, han to hurt or strike, aff. kta .

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Saṃhāta (संहात).—m.

(-taḥ) One of the twenty-one hells.

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

Saṃhāta (संहात).— (probably for saṃghāta, q. cf., which is also a v. r.), m. One of the hells, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 8.

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

Saṃhata (संहत).—[adjective] struck together, closely joined, well knit, hard, solid, compact, strong, intense; [abstract] tā [feminine], tva [neuter]

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Saṃhāta (संहात).—[masculine] succinctness, conciseness.

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

1) Saṃhata (संहत):—[=saṃ-hata] [from saṃ-han] mfn. struck together, closely joined or united with ([instrumental case]), keeping together, contiguous, coherent, combined, compacted, forming one mass or body, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] accompanied or attended by ([instrumental case]), [Manu-smṛti vii, 165]

3) [v.s. ...] become solid, compact, firm, hard, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] strong-limbed, athletic, [Mahābhārata]

5) [v.s. ...] strong, intensive, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

6) [v.s. ...] ([probably]) complex, composite, compound (said of a [particular] tone and odour), [Mahābhārata]

7) [v.s. ...] struck, hurt, wounded, killed, [Horace H. Wilson]

8) [v.s. ...] n. a [particular] position in dancing, [Saṃgīta-sārasaṃgraha]

9) Saṃhāta (संहात):—[=saṃ-hāta] [from saṃ-han] m. (for saṃ-ghāta, which is often [varia lectio]) conciseness (in, akṣara-s), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

10) [v.s. ...] Name of a [particular] hell, [Manu-smṛti iv, 89]

11) [v.s. ...] of one of Śiva’s attendants, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Saṃhata (संहत):—[saṃ-hata] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Strongly knit, compact; joined; collected; shut; struck; killed.

2) Saṃhāta (संहात):—[saṃ-hāta] (taḥ) 1. m. A hell.

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

Saṃhata (संहत) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Saṃghaa, Saṃhaya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Samhata 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

Saṃhata (संहत) [Also spelled sanhat]:—(a) compact; assembled, collected, gathered; —[bhāṣā] compact language; —[śailī] compact style.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Saṃhata (ಸಂಹತ):—

1) [noun] closely united; fastened firmly together.

2) [noun] become solid; compact.

3) [noun] closely associated or joined with.

4) [noun] thronged; crowded.

5) [noun] physically strong; strong-limbed; athletic.

6) [noun] hurt; injured.

7) [noun] killed.

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Saṃhata (ಸಂಹತ):—

1) [adjective] the condition of being joined, associated, united firmly.

2) [adjective] (dance.) a posture in which one knee is kept on the other.

3) [adjective] (dance.) a joining of both the lips.

4) [adjective] (dance.) a posture of standing in natural position, in which the ankles and the great toes are made to meet each other.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Saṃhata (संहत):—adj. assembled; accumulated; collected; compact;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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