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Samaj|səˈmɑːdʒ|
Also Somaj.
[a. Hindi and Bengali samāj society, f. Skr. samāja a meeting with, f. sam together + aj to drive.]
An assembly or congregation in India; a church or religious body, as in Brahmo Samaj (see Brahmoism).
1875C. M. Davies Unorthodox London 2nd Ser. (ed. 2) 193 The present representative of the Bramo Somaj in London, was to preach at Mr. Conway's chapel. 1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 201/1 He gave a printing-press to the Samáj. Ibid. 201/2 They encourage the establishment of branch Samájes in different parts of the country. 1884[see progressive a. 4]. 1913J. N. Farquhar Crown of Hinduism 76 The truths of religion which they find there are the doctrines taught by the Samāj. 1948[see sarvodaya]. 1958W. de Bary et al. Sources of Indian Tradition xxii. 629 The Ārya Samāj (the Society of the Āryas, or ‘noble men’) which he [sc. Dayānanda] established at Bombay in 1875 has since reflected the militant character of its founder, and from its stronghold in the Punjab has contributed to the rise of Hindu nationalism. |