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samhita
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samhita (säm·hēˑ·t),
n in Sanskrit, the elemental unity from which rishi, devata, and chhandas originate and among which a constant interaction forms the basis of diversity in creation. See also rishi, devata, and chhandas.


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Ancient Indian literature like Rig-Veda, Atharveda, Upnishada, Mahabharata, Puranas, Charak Samhita and Sushruta Samhitas include medicinal plants used for drugs, essences, worship, food, poisons and agricultural purposes.
33) Nothing in all of religion--not the Enlightenment of Gautama Buddha, not the visions of Mohammed, not the hymns in the Hindu Samhitas, not the creation myths of Shinto--resonates with empirical expectations like the instruction the risen Jesus gives his perplexed disciples in order to verify the truth of his Resurrection: "Handle me and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have" (Luke 24: 39).
But the popular idea that strikes one as making the mythologies of the Samhitas entirely different from the other mythologies is, that along with every one of these gods is the idea of an infinity.
 
 
 
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