1.4.109
परः सन्निकर्षः संहिता
Definition saṃjñā संहितासंज्ञा
Extreme closeness of letters is called संहिता.
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Term / subject परः prathamā · ekavacanaTerm / subject सन्निकर्षः prathamā · ekavacanaTerm / subject prathamā · ekavacana
- Term / subject Prathamā (1st case): the term being defined, or the subject of the statement.
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परः सन्निकर्षः
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Commentary
The closest proximity of letters, there being the intervention of half a मात्रा or prosodial length between them, is called contact or संहिता।
When words are in sanhita, they are glued together by the rules of sandhi. As दद्ध्यत्र = दधि + अत्र.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.