Samanta

Samanta, from the Sanskrit word meaning "universal, universally extending, connected at the edges, adjacent, neighbouring, complete, entire or all around." For example, in Buddhism Samanta Bhadra or Samantabhadra means, the“Universal Sage”. Samantha can be interpreted as a variant spelling. Most probably a feminine form of Samuel, possibly influenced by Anthea, from Ancient Greek ἄνθη (ánthē, “blossom”): the epithet of the Greek goddess Hera and also the Anagram for Athena. Athena - Goddess of wisdom, poetry, art, and the strategic side of war. Athenea, Athene, Antha, Anthia, Athina, Atina, Anta.

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The root "SAM-" means "drug" or "poison"-- Ancient hebrews employed the word 'sam' for referring to something that was known to cause life or death. And witches (wicces) (wicce, an olde-english word that means “wise") had a similar dual knowledge about plants, herbs and foods. 

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Herb-Lore: The Medicinal, Spiritual and Magical Uses of Herbs. Witchcraft therefore means The Craft of the Wise.

↠ Anthea - Etymology 1. From Ancient Greek ἄνθη (ánthē, “blossom”) 2. The epithet of the Greek goddess Hera and also the Anagram for Athena. Athena - Goddess of wisdom, weaving, spinning, medicine, poetry, art, and the strategic side of war.

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#MinervaMedica 

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- More: http://brujitadecocina.blogspot.com/2013/11/saga.html

http://www.thesmartwitch.com/The_Smart_Witch_Herbalism.html

http://www.jstor.org/stable/16805?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

https://books.google.es/books?id=yFLm_M_OdK4C&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=samantha,+name,+etymology,++athenea&source=bl&ots=_2gvwwrQk2&sig=56tJxf9sf4NPZAn8blFrySzFqAY&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI29HMhvjWAhXGY1AKHYfTAAUQ6AEIUTAF#v=onepage&q=samantha%2C%20name%2C%20etymology%2C%20%20athenea&f=false

↠ Sam- The Afroasiatic and Semitic root sam- "high".  A more general sense of "high" is found in Aramaic, Syriac and Arabic. This is certainly the origin of the old word reported by Strabo to be the in the Greek place-name element sam- found in Samos, Samothrace and other high places.