Sanskrit word for fusion

[Muneo Tokunaga]

>I have been asked to suggest a Sanskrit word for 'fusion'

If you mean `metallurgical fusion', saMdhaana may be the word. See
ChU 4.17.7-8: tad-yathaa lavaNena suvarNaM saMdadhyaat suvarNena rajataM rajatena trapu .... ;
also GB 1.1.14[11.13], JUB 3.17.3 (W. Rau, Metalle und Metallgeraete im vedischen Indien, 1974,
p.30.

See also KauTilya, AZ 7.3.8-9: tejo hi saMdhaanakaaraNam, naataptaM lohaM lohena saMdhatta iti.

Tokunaga
Kyoto

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