samāsa : [m.] compound; an abridgement.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Samāsa [fr. saŋ+ās] 1. compound, combination Vism 82; SnA 303; KhA 228. Cp. vyāsa. -- 2. an abridgment Mhvs 37, 244.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

samāsa 1
sam-āsa m. (for 2. See sam-√ās) throwing or putting together, aggregation, conjunction, combination, connection, union, totality (ena, 'fully, wholly, summarily') Br. ŚrS. Mn. &c
• succinctness, conciseness, condensation (ibc. and -tas, concisely, succinctly, briefly') KaushUp. Mn. MBh. &c
• (in gram.) composition of words, a compound word (of which there are, accord. to native grammarians, 6 kinds, viz. Dvaṃdva, Bahu-vrīhi, Karma-dhāraya, Tat-purusha, Dvigu, and Avyaya or Avyayī-bhāva qq. vv.
• an improper compound is called asthāna-samāsa Prāt. Pāṇ. &c
• euphonic combination (= saṃdhi) VPrāt
• (in astron.) a partic. circle Sūryas
• composition of differences, reconciliation (-samarthana) L
• the part of a Śloka given for completion (= samasyā) L

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William

bsdu ba

[tenses]

• bsdud/
• sdud/
• bsdu/
• sdus/
• rnam
• par
• gtan
• la
• dbab
• pa
• bsdu
• ba/

[translation-san] {C,MSA,MV} saṃgraha

[translation-san] {C} saṃgraha-vastu

[translation-san] {C} saṃkṣipya

[translation-san] {C} samāsa

[translation-san] {L} piṇḍa

[translation-san] saṃgrahaṇī

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} collect; conclude; gather; include; abridge; Asaṅga's Compendium of Ascertainments (nirnaya-saṃgraha); ""the Compendium""

[translation-eng] {C} comprehension; assembling; comprehended; attraction; comprising; that which comprehends; complete removal of; are summed up in; combine; comprised; combination; summary; means of conversion; composed; collected; means of conversion; briefly; object

[comments] See previous re: Tense {T}

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary