समाम्नायः _samāmnāyḥ

समाम्नायः 1 Traditional repetition or mention,handing down traditionally.

-2 A traditional collec- tion (of words &c.); अश्व इति पशुसमाम्नाये पठ्यते U.4.

-3 Tradition, repetition (in general).

-4 Reading, recit- ation, enumeration.

-5 Totality, an aggregate, a col- lection; अक्षरसमाम्नायम् Śik.57 (i. e. the letters from अ to ह which are said to have been revealed by Śiva to Pāṇini); वाचं वर्णसमाम्नाये तमोङ्कारे स्वरे न्यसेत् Bhāg. 7.15.53.

-6 An epithet of Śiva.

-7 The sacred text (like Veda) in general; पुत्र्याः समाम्नायविधौ प्रतीतः Bhāg. 3.22.16.