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samiti: feminine locative singular stem: samiti

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms

samajyā	2.7.17	Feminine	Singular	āsthānī, pariṣat, āsthānam, goṣṭhī, sadaḥ, sabhā, samitiḥ, saṃsat

yuddham	2.8.107	Neuter	Singular	āyodhanam, pravidāraṇam, saṃkhyam, ‍samaraḥ, kalahaḥ, abhisaṃpātaḥ, saṃyogaḥ, saṃgrāmaḥ, ‍saṃyat, samit, janyam, mṛdham, samīkam, a‍nīkaḥ, ‍vigrahaḥ, kaṃliḥ, abhyāmardaḥ, āhavaḥ, ‍samitiḥ, yut, pradhanam, āskandanam, ‍sāṃparāthikam, raṇaḥ, saṃprahāraḥ, saṃsphoṭaḥ, ‍samāghātaḥ, samudāyaḥ, ājiḥ

Monier-Williams Search

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samiti

f. (for 2.See below) coming together, meeting, assembling, an assembly, council

samiti

f. a flock, herd

samiti

f. association, society (personified as daughter of prajā-pati-)

samiti

f. a league, plot

samiti

f. encounter, hostile meeting, war, battle

samiti

f. sameness, likeness (see 2. sam/a-)

samiti

f. (with jaina-s) rule of life or conduct (five are enumerated, viz. īryā--, bhāṣā--, eṣaṇā--, ādāna--,and utsarga-s-)

samiti

ind. (for 1.See above) a sacred verse beginning with sam-

Macdonell Search

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samiti	f. V., C.: coming together, meeting; council, assembly; V.: plot, league; C.: conflict, battle; combination (rare): -m- gaya, a. victorious in battle.

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samiti

Denotes an ‘assembly’ of the Vedic tribe. It is alreadv mentioned in the Rigveda, and often later, sometimes in connexion with Sabhā. Ludwig considers that the Samiti included all the people, primarily the viśafy, 'subjects,' but also the Mag’havans and Brahmins if they desired, though the Sabhā was their special assembly. This view is not probable, nor is that of Zimmer, that the Sabhā was the village assembly. Hillebrandt appears to be right in holding that Samiti and Sabhā are much the same, the one being the assembly, the other primarily the place of assembly. The king went to the assembly just as he went to the Sabhā. That he was elected there, as Zimmer thinks, is as uncertain as whether he was elected at all (see Rājan). But there are clear signs that concord between king and assembly were essential for his prosperity. It is reasonable to assume that the business of the assembly was general deliberation on policy of all kinds, legislation so far as the Vedic Indian cared to legislate, and judicial work (cf. Sabhāsad). But of all these occupations there is, perhaps as a result of the nature of the texts, little or no evidence directly available.The gods had a Samiti, hence called daivī, ‘divine,’ just as they had a Sabhā. The assembly disappears as an effective part of government in the Buddhist texts, the Epic, and the law-books.

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samiti	noun (feminine) a flock (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a league (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) an assembly (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) assembling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) association (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) battle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) coming together (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) council (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) encounter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) herd (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) hostile meeting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) likeness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) meeting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) plot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) sameness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) society (personified as daughter of Prajāpati) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) war (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 6741/72933

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