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samāsa समास – throwing or bringing together, aggregation, collection, conjunction, combination, connection, union, compounding…

substantive masculine

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Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

samāsa ·m. putting together, conjunction, composition, a compound word; condensation, abridgment. Instr. on the whole, also = abl., samāsa++°tas & °-- summarily, succinctly.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

1. sam-āsa, as, m. (for 2. see under 2. sam-ās), throwing or bringing together, aggregation, collec- tion, conjunction, combination, connection, union, compounding, composition; composition of words, a compound word (of which there are six kinds, according to native grammarians, viz. Dvandva, Bahu-vrīhi, Karma-dhāraya, Tat-puruṣa, Dvigu, and Avyaya or Avyayī-bhava, an improper com- pound is called asthāna-samāsa); euphonic combi- nation (= sandhi); composition of differences, unit- ing enemies, reconciliation; an aggregate, collection, assemblage; a collection of parts, whole, totality, summary; contraction, abbreviation, condensation, abridgement; succinctness, conciseness; (ena), ind. summarily, with conciseness, succinctly.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

2. sam-āsa, as, m. (in the Nyāya phil.) proper abid- ing or connection. (For 1. see under 2. sam-as.)

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

samāsa (von 2. as mit sam) m. am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā. 1〉 Zusammenfassung, Zusammenfügung, Vereinigung, Verbindung: hemantaśiśirayoḥ AIT. BR. 1,1. AIT. BR. 3,41. ŚĀṄKH. BR. 5,1. sarva˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 12,6,15. LĀṬY. 2,6,4. LĀṬY. 10,12,14. CHĀND. UP. 6,4,7. R. 7,94,6. SARVADARŚANAS. 140,22. daṇḍasamāsā vīṇā ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 17,3,9. samāsena insgesammt M. 7,202. — 2〉 eine kurze —, gedrängte Darstellung; = saṃkṣepa H. 1432. H. an. 3,758. MED. s. 43. HALĀY. 4,81. MBH. 3,10554. SUŚR. 1,2,3. samāsavyāsayogatas BHĀG. P. 1,9,27. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 61,1. iti tatsamāsaḥ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,94. ˚kṛt VARĀH. BṚH. S. 47,2. vistaraiśca samāsaiśca MBH. 1,27. vyāsasamāsābhyām MBH. 3,67. samāsena in Kürze, mit kurzen Worten KAUṢ. UP. 2,15. M. 2,25. M. 3,20. M. 9,101. M. 12,39. Spr. (II) 5272. BHAG. 13,3. BHAG. 18,50. BHAR. NĀṬYAŚ. 18,40. SUŚR. 1,112,13. SUŚR. 2,146,6. BRAHMA-P. in LA. (III) 49,6. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 50,a,12. BHĀG. P. 2,7,50. PAÑCAR. 2,3,46. Ind. St. 1,13,3. samāsāt dass. HARIV. 8367. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 12, Anf. 56,31. samāsatas dass. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 1,5. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 8,52. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 60,22. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,117. M. 1,68. M. 1,89. M. 7,156. BHAG. 13,18. R. 4,34,7. R. 5,56,49. SĀṂKHYAK. 53. SUŚR. 1,124,19. WEBER, JYOT. 24. VIKR. 19,10. KATHĀS. 25,65. TATTVAS. 25. vyāsasamāsatas MBH. 12,1296. am Anf. eines comp. ohne Flexionszeichen: samāsavyāsadhāraṇa MBH. 1,51. samāsavyāsakīrtana 85. ˚phala VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,96. TATTVAS. 52. — 3〉 in der Gramm. a〉 Compositum H. an. ṚV. PRĀT. 10,10. ṚV. PRĀT. 11,13. ṚV. PRĀT. 15,9. VS. PRĀT. 1,27. VS. PRĀT. 5,1. AV. PRĀT. 2,62. fg. AV. PRĀT. 4,9. AV. PRĀT. 4,27. fg. AV. PRĀT. 4,43. Ind. St. 10,408. P. 1,2,46. P. 2,1,3. P. 5,3,106. P. 6,1,223. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 162,a,15 u. s. w. SĀH. D. 566. PRATĀPAR. 11,a,9 (nātidīrgha˚ adj.). nitya und anitya P. 2,1,3, Schol. samāsāṅga ṚV. PRĀT. 1,22. ˚prāya TRIK. 3,3,25. HALĀY. 1,143. taddhita˚ NIR. 2,2. dik˚ P. 1,1,28. tṛtīyā˚ 30. ṣaṣṭhī˚ P. 7,4,60, Vārtt. 1. SARVADARŚANAS. 92,10. saptamī˚ KAIYY._zu_P. 8,4,35. bahuvrīhi˚ P. 1,1,28, Schol. — b〉 = saṃdhi VS. PRĀT. 5,39. Cit. im Comm. zu VS. PRĀT. 5,45. — 4〉 in der Astr. Bez. eines best. Kreises SŪRYAS. 6,3. SŪRYAS. 6,6. — 5〉 = samarthana, samarthanā H. an. MED. — Vgl. tattva˚, sāmāsika und vyāsa.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

samāsa m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 Zusammenfassung, Zusammenfügung, Vereinigung, Verbindung VAITĀN. Instr. so v. a. insgesammt. — 2〉 eine kurze —, gedrängte Darstellung. Instr. Abl., samāsatas und samāsa˚ in Kürze, mit kurzen Worten. — 3〉 in der Grammatik — a〉 Compositum. — b〉 = saṃdhi 2〉g〉. — 4〉 in der Astr. ein best. Kreis. — 5〉 = samarthana, ˚nā.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

samāsaḥ 1 Aggregation, union, composition. 2 Composition of words, a compound; (the principal kinds of compounds are four:-dvaṃdva, tatpuruṣa, bahuvrīhi, and avyayībhāva q. q. v. v.). 3 Reconciliation, composition of differences. 4 A collection, an assemblage. 5 Whole, totality. 6 Contraction, conciseness, brevity. 7 Euphonic combination (saṃdhi). (samāsena, samāsataḥ means ‘in short’, ‘briefly’, ‘succinctly’; eṣā dharmasya vo yoniḥ samāsena prakīrtitā Ms. 2. 25, Ms. 3. 20; Bg. 13. 18; samāsataḥ śrūyatāṃ V. 2). Comp. — adhyāhāraḥ supplying an ellipsis in a compound. — arthā a part of a stanza proposed to be completed (= samasyā q. v.) — uktiḥ f. a figure of speech thus defined by Mammaṭa: -paroktirbhedakaiḥ śliṣṭaiḥ samāsoktiḥ K. P. 10.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

samāsa m. Zusammenfassung, Verbindung; Compositum (g.). Instr. insgesamt, auch = Abl. u. ˚tas gedrängt, in Kürze.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

samāsa samāsa m. (sam; as 4) composition, combinaison; contraction, abréviation; formation des mots composés; un composé, tg. Qqf. réconciliation. samāsatas adv. brièvement, sommairement.

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HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.0*1–5: Sītkā, Śītalī and Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 4.78-4.80: Vajrolī-Weg 1 occurrence

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