SAMHITA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Samhita mean? 

• SAMHITA (noun)
  The noun SAMHITA has 1 sense:

1. one of four collections of sacred texts

  Familiarity information: SAMHITA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAMHITA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of four collections of sacred texts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

Veda; Vedic literature ((from the Sanskrit word for 'knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads)

Instance hyponyms:

Rig-Veda (a Veda consisting of a collection of Hindu poems dating from before 2000 BC)

Sama-Veda (a collection of mantras and tunes for use with the Rig-Veda)

Atharva-Veda (a collection of mantras and formulas)

Yajur-Veda (a collection of sacrificial formulas and prayers)