samāsa 1

sam-āsa m. (for 2. See sam-√ās) throwing or putting together, aggregation, conjunction, combination, connection, union, totality (ena, 'fully, wholly, summarily') Br. ŚrS. Mn. &c

• succinctness, conciseness, condensation (ibc. and -tas, concisely, succinctly, briefly') KaushUp. Mn. MBh. &c

• (in gram.) composition of words, a compound word (of which there are, accord. to native grammarians, 6 kinds, viz. Dvaṃdva, Bahu-vrīhi, Karma-dhāraya, Tat-purusha, Dvigu, and Avyaya or Avyayī-bhāva qq. vv.

• an improper compound is called asthāna-samāsa Prāt. Pāṇ. &c

• euphonic combination (= saṃdhi) VPrāt

• (in astron.) a partic. circle Sūryas

• composition of differences, reconciliation (-samarthana) L

• the part of a Śloka given for completion (= samasyā) L