1 Commingling, mixture, intermixture; patrasaṃkara Ś. 2.

2 Blending together, union.

3 Con- fusion or mixture (of castes), un- lawful intermarriage resulting in mixed castes; citreṣu varṇasaṃkaraḥ K.; saṃkaro narakāyaiva kulaghnānāṃ kulasya ca Bg. 1. 42; Ms. 10. 40.

4 (In Rhet.) The combination of two or more dependent figures of speech in one and the same passage (opp. saṃsṛṣṭi where the figures are inde-...