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Samhita

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[suhm-hi-tah] / ˌsʌm hɪˈtɑ /

noun

Hinduism.
  1. Veda.


Etymology

Origin of Samhita

From the Sanskrit word saṃhitā

Example Sentences

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“The greatest love affair is between my hand and my face,” joked Samhita Mukhopadhyay, executive editor of Teen Vogue.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2020

Samhita Mukhopadhyay, executive editor of Teen Vogue: People are worried and we don’t have an answer.

From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2020

“I had no say in choosing my PhD adviser,” says Samhita Krishnaswamy, a PhD student in psychology at Jain University in Bengaluru, India.

From Nature • Nov. 19, 2019

The Sushruta Samhita was a medical treatise written around 600 BC by Sushruta, one of the greatest medical men in history.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2015

The only passage bearing on the subject is in the Purusha Sukta, the 90th Hymn of the 10th Book of the Rigveda Samhita.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various