Samhita
- Samhita refers to a collection or methodically combined text in the Vedas.
- The Vedas are divided into four styles of texts: Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, and Upanishads.
- The Samhitas contain mantras, prayers, litanies, and benedictions.
- The Vedic Samhitas were chanted during ceremonies and rituals and remain the oldest living part of Hindu tradition.
- The Vedas have been divided into four styles of texts — the Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, and Upanishads.
- The term «samhita» also appears in titles of non-Vedic texts like the Pancharatra Samhitas and the Brhat Samhita.
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