समवाय [ samavāya ] [ sam-avāya ] m. coming or meeting together , contact , concourse , congress , assemblage , collection , crowd , aggregate ( [ ena ] or [ āt ] , " in combination " ; [ °yaṃ-√ kṛ ] , " to meet , combine , flock together " ) Lit. GṛS. Lit. Gaut. Lit. Mn.

  conjunction (of heavenly bodies) Lit. MBh. Lit. VarBṛS.

  collision Lit. ŚrS. Lit. Gaut. Lit. Sarvad.

  (in phil.) perpetual co-inherence , inner or intimate relation , constant and intimate union , inseparable concomitance (= [ nitya-sambandha ] , the sixth Padârtha or category of the Vaiśeshikas , expressing relation which exists between a substance and its qualities , between a whole and its parts ( e.g. between cloth and the yarn composing it ) , between a genus and its individuals ) Lit. Kap. Lit. Jaim. Lit. IW. 66 ; 69

  course , duration ( [ e ] , with gen. , " during " ) Lit. MBh. i , 556