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śaṃsशंस्cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 79]) śáṃsati (mc. also Ā.; pf. śaśaṃsa, °se, [Br.] &c.; śaṃsuḥ, °sire, [MBh.]; p. śaṃsivas, q.v.; aor. aśaṃsīt, [RV.] &c., &c.: Subj. śaṃsiṣat, [RV.]; [Br.]; 2. pl. śasta, [RV.]; śastāt, [AitBr.]; 1. sg. śaṃsi, [RV.]; Prec. śasyāt. Gr.; fut. śaṃsitā, [ib.]; śaṃsiṣyati, [Br.] &c.; inf. śaṃsitum, [MBh.]; -śase, [RV.]; ind. p. śastvā́, -śasya, -śaṃsam, [Br.] &c.; -śaṃsya, [MBh.]), to recite, repeat (esp. applied to the recitation of texts in the invocations addressed by the Hotṛ to the Adhvaryu, when is written śoṃs and the formulas śoṃsāmas, śoṃsāvas, śoṃsāva are used; see 2. ā-hāva), [RV.]; [Br.] [ŚrS.]; to praise, extol, [RV.] &c. &c.; to praise, commend, approve, [VarBṛS.]; to vow, make a vow (?), [RV. x, 85, 9]; to wish anything (acc.) to (dat.), [ib.] [124, 3] to relate, say, tell, report, declare, announce to (gen. or dat.; ‘who or where anybody is’ acc.; also with two acc. ‘to declare anybody or anything to be-’), [AV.] &c. &c.; to foretell, predict, prognosticate, [R.]; [Kum.] &c.; to calumniate, revile, [W.]; to hurt, injure, [Dhātup.]; to be unhappy, [ib.] : Pass. śasyáte, to be recited or uttered or praised or approved, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. śaṃsayati (aor. aśaśaṃsat), to cause to repeat or recite, [AitBr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [BhP.]; to predict, foretell, [R.] : Desid. śiśaṃsiṣati Gr.: Intens. śāśasyate, śāśaṃsti, [ib.]
[cf. Lat. carmen for casmen; Casmēna Camēna; censeo.]
śaṃsāशंसाśáṃsā (ā), f. praise, flattery, eulogium, [Kāv.]
wish, desire, [W.]
speech, utterance, announcement, [R.]
śaṃsaशंसśáṃsa m. recitation, invocation, praise, [RV.]
wishing well or ill to, a blessing or a curse, [ib.]
a promise, vow, [ib.] (narā́ṃ śáṃsa, [RV. ii, 34, 6], prob. = narā-ś°, q.v.; ṛjúr íc cháṃsa, [ii, 26, 1] either, by tmesis, ‘the right praiser’, or ṛju-śaṃsa as adj. ‘righteous, faithful’)
a spell, [MW.]
calumny, [ib.]
śáṃsa mfn. reciting, proclaiming, praising, wishing (see agha-, duḥ-ś &c.)
śaṃsthāशंस्थाśaṃ—stha or śaṃ—sthā, mfn. being in prosperity, happy, prosperous, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 77], Sch.
śaṃsthaशंस्थśaṃ—stha or śaṃ—sthā, mfn. being in prosperity, happy, prosperous, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 77], Sch.
śaṃsinशंसिन्mfn. (only ifc.) reciting, uttering, announcing, telling, relating, betraying, predicting, promising, [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] &c.
śaṃstṛशंस्तृśáṃstṛ m. one who recites, a reciter, [RV.]; [AitBr.] (a priest identified with the Praśāstṛ and mentioned along with five others in [RV. i, 162, 5]; his sacrificial duties correspond with those of the Maitrā-varuṇa of the later ritual)
a praiser, encomiast, panegyrist, [W.]
śaṃsyaशंस्यśáṃsya mfn. to be recited, [RV.]
to be praised, praiseworthy, [ib.]
N. of Agni (in a formula), [VS.]; [TBr.]; [KātyŚr.], Sch. (m. the eastward sacrificial fire, [L.])
to be wished for, desirable, [W.]
śaṃsathaशंसथm. conversation, [PārGṛ.]
śaṃsanaशंसनn. reciting, recitation, praise, [L.]
report, announcement, communication, [R.] (applied to Śiva, [Hariv. 7425] = veda-praśasya, [Nīlak.])
śaṃsitaशंसितmfn. (often confounded with saṃ-śita See saṃ-√ śo) said, told, praised, celebrated, [Pañcat.] praiseworthy, [ib.]
wished, desired, longed for, [W.]
calumniated, falsely accused, [ib.]
śaṃsitṛशंसितृm. a reciter (= śaṃstṛ below), [MBh.]; [VāyuP.]; [Yājñ., Sch.]
= hotṛ, [AitĀr.]
śaṃsivasशंसिवस्mfn. announcing, proclaiming, [R.]
śaṃsanīyaशंसनीयmfn. to be praised, praiseworthy, [Nir.]; [Rājat.]
śaṃstavyaशंस्तव्यmfn. to be recited, [AitBr.]