Samsarga, ṃs: 18 definitions
Introduction:
Samsarga means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Sansarg.
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
: Shodhganga: Vaiykaraṇabhūṣaṇasra: a critical studyṃs (संसर्ग).—Syntactical connection between words which is necessary for the comprehension of the meaning of a sentence.

Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vykaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindusṃs (संसर्ग) refers to the “contact (of a hook)� (towards the skin of an elephant), according to the 15th century ٲṅgī composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 8, “on marks of character”]: �20. But of shallow sensitivity is one who feels the impact of the sharp goad or hook when it merely comes in contact with (ṃs-ٰ) his skin or touches his hair�.

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastraṃs (संसर्ग, “connection�) refers to the � by connection (ṃs)�, according to the 2nd century Mahñpramitśstra chapter XXXI.—When they consider the body at the head of the list, the dharmas of the Path [other than ñ], coming from causes and conditions, impure or pure, are mindfulness of the body.—When they consider feelings, the mind or dharmas as head of the list, the dharmas of the Path [other than ñ], coming from causes and conditions, impure or pure, are mindfulness of feelings, mind or dharmas [respectively]. This is mindfulness by connection (ṃs).
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchṃs (संसर्ग) refers to “crowds of people�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcch: the eighth chapter of the Mahsaṃnipta (a collection of Mahyna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] At that time, sixty ṭi of Bodhisattvas, having stood up from the congregation, joined their palms, paid homage to the Lord, and then uttered these verses in one voice: ‘[...] (199) Being mingled with materialists, praising themselves, disparaging noble ones, they will be ignorant and arrogant. (200) Giving up to stay in the wilderness, always taking pleasure among the crowds of people (ṃs), practicing worldly incantations, they will be attached to [the view] that there is a permanent substance. [...]’�.

Mahayana (महायान, mahyna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñpramit ūٰ.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflectionsṃs (संसर्ग) refers to “connections� (with children, etc.), according to the commentary on the 11th century Jñnrṇava (verse 2.1), a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Is one not disturbed by [family] attachments (com.—putrdiṃsi�—‘connections with children, etc.�)? Is this body not cut down by diseases? Does death not open its mouth? Do calamities not do harm every day? Are hells not dreadful? Are not sensual pleasures deceiving like a dream? Because of which, having discarded one’s own benefit, you have a desire for the world which is like a city of Kiṃnaras�.

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryṃs (संसर्ग).—m S Contact, contiguity, junction, proximity, concomitancy; the going or the being with or together. 2 Intercourse, intercommunication, maintenance of dealing or acquaintance with.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishṃs (संसर्ग).�m Contact, junction. Intercourse.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṃs (संसर्ग).�1 Commixture, junction, union.
2) Contact, company, association, society; � संसर्ग� व्रजेत� सद्भिः प्रा�- श्चित्तेऽकृत� द्विजः (na ṃs� vrajet sadbhi� prya- ścitte'kṛte dvija�) Manusmṛti 11.47; संसर्गमुक्ति� खलेष� (ṃsmukti� khaleṣu) ṛh 2.62; Ś.1.3. Proximity, touch.
4) Intercourse, familiarity.
5) Copulation, sexual union; नानागन्धर्वमिथुनैः पानसंसर्गकर्कशैः (nngandharvamithunai� pnaṃskarkaśai�) 峾.4.67.45; प्रत्याहारेण संसर्गान� ध्यानेनानी- श्वरान� गुणान् (pratyhreṇa saṃsargn dhynennī- śvarn guṇn) Manusmṛti 6.72.
6) Co-existence, intimate relation.
7) Confusion.
8) A particular conjunction of celestial bodies.
9) A particular combination of two humours which produces diseases.
1) Point of intersection.
11) Duration; Mahbhrata (Bombay) 3.
Derivable forms: ṃs� (संसर्ग�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃs (संसर्ग).—m.
(-�) 1. Union, proximity, approximation, contact. 2. Acquaintance, familiarity, intercourse. 3. Co-existence, (in logic.) 4. Sensual attachment. E. sam with, ṛj to go, aff. ghañ .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃs (संसर्ग).—i. e. sam-ṛj + a, m. 1. Mixture, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] i. [distich] 5, M.M. 2. Touching, contact, [Śkuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 3; [ʲñٲԳٰ] i. [distich] 280. 3. Union, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] pr. [distich] 41, M. M. 4. Acquaintance, familiarity, intercourse, [ʲñٲԳٰ] iii. [distich] 234; [ٲśܳٲ] in
ṃs (संसर्ग).—[adjective] mixing, running together. [masculine] mixture, union, connection, contact with ([genetive], [instrumental], or —�); attachment, [especially] to external objects, sensuality; dealing or intercourse (also sexual) with ([genetive], [instrumental] ±, [locative], or —�); participation (adj. —� having partaken of); living together, association, community of goods.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṃs (संसर्ग):—[=�-] a �-ᲹԲ etc. See sa�-√ṛj, [column]3.
2) [=�-] [from sa�-ṛj] b mfn. commingling, combining (intr.), [Ktyyana-śrauta-sūtra]
3) [v.s. ...] m. (ifc. f(). ) mixture or union together, commixture, blending, conjunction, connection, contact, association, society, sexual union, intercourse with ([genitive case] [instrumental case] with and without saha [locative case], or [compound]), [???; Prtiśkhya; Mahbhrata] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] m. confusion, [Mnava-gṛhya-sūtra; Harivaṃśa]
5) [v.s. ...] indulging in, partaking of ([compound]), [Rmyaṇa; Daśakumra-carita; Bhgavata-purṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] sensual attachment, [Manu-smṛti vi, 72]
7) [v.s. ...] a [particular] conjunction of celestial bodies, [Atharva-veda.Pariś.]
8) [v.s. ...] a [particular] combination of two humours which produces diseases (cf. sa�-nipta), [Suśruta]
9) [v.s. ...] community of goods, [Dyabhga]
10) [v.s. ...] duration, [Mahbhrata iii, 11, 238]
11) [v.s. ...] point of intersection, [Śulba-sūtra]
12) [v.s. ...] acquaintance, familiarity, [Horace H. Wilson]
13) [v.s. ...] co-existence (= samavya), [ib.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃs (संसर्ग):—[�-] (�) 1. m. Union, contact; familiarity; copulation.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ṃs (संसर्ग) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ṃs.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryṃs (संसर्ग) [Also spelled sansarg]:�(nm) intercourse; association, commingling; contact; contagion; connection; conjunction; ~[ja, ~jta] contagious, born through contact/contagion; -[ṣa] evil consequence of association (with evil); misophobia; -[rodha] quarantine.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusṃs (ಸಂಸರ್ಗ):�
1) [noun] a mixture of union; a commixture.
2) [noun] transactions or relations; mutual dealings.
3) [noun] the state or fact of being in touch, communication or association; contact.
4) [noun] the physical contact of a man and a woman (made for purpose of sexual intercourse); copulation.
5) [noun] (gen.) the act or state of touching (something) physically.
6) [noun] the state or quality of being similar; resemblance or likeness; similarity.
7) [noun] (gram.) the relation that exists among the words of a sentence.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionaryṃs (संसर्ग):—n. 1. contact; touch; 2. association; company; 3. cohabitation; 4. intercourse; copulation;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Samsargabhava, Samsargabhavaprakarana, Samsargadosha, Samsargaja, Samsargaka, Samsargamatra, Samsargaparityaga, Samsargaprakarana, Samsargaruci, Samsargatas, Samsargavant, Samsargavasha, Samsargavat, Samsargavattva, Samsargavidya, Samsargaya.
Full-text (+45): Samsargabhava, Samsargadosha, Asatsamsarga, Khalasamsarga, Satsamsarga, Varnasamsarga, Kritasamsarga, Jalasamsarga, Pratisamsarga, Strisamsarga, Samsargavidya, Sahasamsarga, Samsargaja, Samsargatas, Narasamsarga, Samsargaprakarana, Samsargavat, Camcarkkam, Samsargavattva, Hridayasamsarga.
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Vakyapadiya (study of the concept of Sentence) (by Sarath P. Nath)
4.2. Naiyyikas' View on Sentence-Meaning < [Chapter 2 - Perspectives on the Concept of Sentence]
5.1. Six Views on Sentence-Meaning < [Chapter 3 - The Concept of Sentence and Sentence-Meaning]
4.1 (a): Abhihitnvaya theory of Sentence-Meaning < [Chapter 2 - Perspectives on the Concept of Sentence]
Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita (by Nayana Sharma)
Aetiology (c): Ādhidaivika < [Chapter 4]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 11.181 < [Section XX - Expiation for associating with Outcasts]
Verse 11.47 < [Section IV - Expiation: General Laws (pryaścitta)]
Verse 8.172 < [Section XXX - The Royal dues and the King’s duty regarding them]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 2.127cd < [Book 2 - Vkya-kṇḍa]
Verse 2.469-471 < [Book 2 - Vkya-kṇḍa]
Verse 2.97 < [Book 2 - Vkya-kṇḍa]
Vratas depicted in the Gangajala (study) (by Maitreyee Goswami)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)