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Samhita

American  
[suhm-hi-tah] / ˌsʌm hɪˈtɑ /

noun

Hinduism.
  1. Veda.


Etymology

Origin of Samhita

From the Sanskrit word saṃhitā

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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

Like the other Vedas it is divided into Samhita, Brahmanas and Upanishads, representing the spiritual element and its magical and nationalistic development.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

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