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Entry समास

समासsamāsa1 Aggregation, union, composition.
1. 1 Aggregation, union, composition.
2. Composition of words, a compound; (the principal kinds of compounds are four: द्वन्द्व, तत्पुरुष, बहुव्रीहि, and अव्ययीभाव q. quod vide, which see v.).
3. Reconciliation, composition of differences.
4. A collection, an assemblage; यद्वविज्ञात- मिवाभूदित्येतासामेव देवतानां समासः Ch. Up.6.4.7.
5. Whole, totality.
6. Contraction, conciseness, brevity; एष समासः । सर्वथा प्रवेष्टव्यं कुन्तिभोजस्य कन्यापुरम् Avimārakam 2; एष समासः, अद्यास्मि महासेनः Pratijñā.2.
7. Euphonic combination (संधि).
8. Completion, end; Latin D. B. (समासेन, समासतः means 'in short', 'briefly', 'succinctly'; एषा धर्मस्य वो योनिः समासेन प्रकीर्तिता Ms.2.25;3.2; इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः Bg.13.18; समासतः श्रूयताम् V.2.)-Compound
Derived forms and compounds
- -अध्याहारः supplying an ellipsis in a compound.
- -अर्था a part of a stanza proposed to be completed (Equivalent to समस्या quod vide, which see).
- -उक्तिः Feminine a figure of speech thus defined by Mammaṭa: परोक्तिर्भेदकैः श्लिष्टैः समासोक्तिः K. Parasmaipada1.
In the Gita13·4 13·7 18·50

स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे शृणु ॥

sa ca yo yatprabhāvaśca tatsamāsena me śṛṇu. — What that Field is and what are its character, nature, source, deformations, and what He is and what His powers, hear that now briefly from Me. 13·4
- समासेनsamāsenainstrumental singular of the masculine noun samāsa (succinctness, conciseness) used adverbially (succinctly).
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