संहिता [ saṃhitā ] [ saṃ-hitā ] f. conjunction , connection , union Lit. TUp.

  (in gram.) the junction or combination of letters according to euphonic rules (= [ saṃdhi ] , but sometimes considered rather as the state preparatory to the actual junction than the junction itself ) Lit. Prāt.

  a text treated according to euphonic rules (esp. the real continuous text of the Vedas as formed out of the Padas or separate words by proper phonetic changes ( according to various schools ; cf. Lit. IW. 152 ) : beside the Saṃhitās of the Ṛig- , Sāma- , and Atharvaveda there is the Vājasaneyi-Saṃhitā belonging to the White Yajur-veda , and five other Saṃhitās belonging to the black Yajur-veda , viz. the Taittirīya-Saṃhitā , the Saṃhitā of the Ātreyas ( known only by its Anukramaṇī ) , the Saṃhitā of the Kaṭhas , the Kapishṭhala-Kaṭha-Saṃhitā , and the Saṃhitā of the Maitrāyaṇīyas or Maitrāyaṇī-Saṃhitā) Lit. Nir. Lit. Prāt.

  any methodically arranged collection of texts or verses (e.g. the Rāmâyaṇa , the various law-books , the medical works of Caraka and Śārṅgadhara , the complete system of natural astrology ( cf. [ bṛhat-s ] ) ; there is also a Saṃhitā of the Purāṇas said to have been compiled by Vyāsa , the substance of which is supposed to be represented by the Vishṇu-purāṇa) Lit. MBh. Lit. VarBṛS. Lit. Pur.

  science Lit. L.

  the force which holds together and supports the universe (a term applied to the Supreme Being accord. to some) Lit. MW.

  N. of various works.