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śamशम्cl. 4. P. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 92]), śā́myati (rarely °te, and ep. also śamati, °te; Ved. śamyati, śimyati, and cl. 9. śamnāti [[Naigh. ii, 9]], śamnīṣe, śamnīthās Impv. śamnīṣva, śamīṣva, śamiṣva, śamīdhvam; pf. śaśāma, śemuḥ, [Br.] &c.; śaśamé Subj. śaśámate, [RV.]; p. śaśamāná [q.v.]; aor. áśamiṣṭhās, [RV.]; aśamat, [Br.] [cf. pres.]; Prec. śamyāt Gr.; fut. śamitā, śamiṣyati, [ib.]; ind.p. śamitvā, śāntvā, śāmam or śamam, [ib.]), to toil at, fatigue or exert one's self (esp. in performing ritual acts), [RV.]; [TBr.]; to prepare, arrange, [VS.]; to become tired, finish, stop, come to an end, rest, be quiet or calm or satisfied or contented, [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; to cease, be allayed or extinguished, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; cl. 9. (cf. above) to put an end to, hurt, injure, destroy, [Kāṭh.] : Pass. śamyate (aor. aśami), [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 34] : Caus. śamáyati (mc. also śāmayati; aor. aśīśamat; Pass. śāmyate), to appease, allay, alleviate, pacify, calm, soothe, settle, [RV.] &c. &c.; to put to an end or to death, kill, slay, destroy, remove, extinguish, suppress, [TS.] &c. &c.; to leave off, desist, [MBh.]; to conquer, subdue, [Kālid.]; [Bhaṭṭ.] : Desid. śiśamiṣati Gr.: Intens. śaṃśamīti ([Bālar.]), śaṃśamyate, śaṃśanti (Gr.), to be entirely appeased or extinguished (pf. śaṃśamāṃ cakruḥ, [Bhaṭṭ.]). [cf. Gk. κάμνω],
śám ind. (g. cādi and svar-ādi) auspiciously, fortunately, happily, well (frequently used in the Veda, rarely in later language; often to be translated by a subst., esp. in the frequent phrase śáṃ yóḥ or śáṃ ca yóś ca, ‘happiness and welfare’, sometimes joined with the verbs bhū, as, kṛ, dā, vah, yā, sometimes occurring without any verb; with dat. or gen. [cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 73], Sch.]; in some cases corresponding to an adj., e.g. śaṃ tad asmai, that is pleasant to him), [RV.]; &c.
śamāशमाf. N. of a divine female, [PārGṛ.]
śamīशमीśámī f. (cf. śámi) effort, labour, toil, [RV.]; [VS.]
(śamī́) the Śamī tree, Prosopis Spicigera or (accord. to others) Mimosa Suma (possessing a very tough hard wood supposed to contain fire, cf. [Mn. viii, 247]; [Ragh. iii, 9]; it was employed to kindle the sacred fire, and a legend relates that Purū-ravas generated primeval fire by the friction of two branches of the Śamī and Aśvattha trees), [AV.] &c.
a legume, pod (cf. -jāti)
a partic. measure (see catuh-ś°) = valgulī or vāguji, [L.]
śamaशमm. tranquillity, calmness, rest, equanimity, quietude or quietism, absence of passion, abstraction from external objects through intense meditation (śamaṃ √ kṛ, ‘to calm one's self’, ‘be tranquil’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
peace, peace with (sārdham), [MBh.]
Quietism or Tranquillity (personified as a son of Dharma and husband of Prāpti), [MBh.]
tranquillization, pacification, allayment, alleviation, cessation, extinction, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
absence of sexual passion or excitement, impotence, [TāṇḍBr.]
alleviation or cure of disease, convalescence, [W.]
final happiness, emancipation from all the illusions of existence, [L.]
indifference, apathy, [Rājat.]
the hand (cf. śaya), [L.]
imprecation, malediction (w.r. for śapa), [L.]
N. of a king of the Nandi-vegas, [MBh.]
of a son of Andhaka, [Hariv.]
of a son of Dharma-sūtra, [BhP.]
śáma mfn. tame, domestic, [RV. i, 32, 15]; [33, 15.]
śambशम्ब्cl. 1. P. śambati, to go, [Dhātup. xi, 29] ([Vop.]); cl. 10. P. śambayati, to collect, [ib.] [xxxii, 21] (v.l.)
śamiशमिśámi n. labour, toil, work, effort, [RV.]; [AV.]
śámi f. a legume, pod (v.l. śimi), [L.]
the Śamī tree (see below)
śámi m. N. of a son of Andhaka, [Hariv.]
of a son of Uśīnara, [BhP.]
śambhūशम्भूśambhū́ mfn. (= śambhú above) beneficent, kind, [RV.]
śambhū́ m. N. of an author of Tāntric prayers, [Cat.]
śambhaशम्भmfn., [Pāṇ. v, 2, 138.]
śambhuशम्भुśam—bhu See , p. 1055.
śambhú mfn. being or existing for happiness or welfare, granting or causing happiness, beneficent, benevolent, helpful, kind, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
śambhú m. N. of Śiva, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
of Brahmā, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
of a partic. Agni, [MBh.]
of Viṣṇu, [L.]
of a son of Viṣṇu, [MBh.]
of Indra in the 10th Manvantara, [BhP.]
of one of the 11 Rudras, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [VP.]
of a king of the Daityas, [R.]
of an Arhat, [L.]
of a Siddha, [L.]
of a king, [MBh.] (v.l. śaṅku)
of a son of Śuka, [Hariv.]
of a son of Ambarīṣa, [BhP.]
(also with bhaṭṭa) of various authors and other men, [Cat.]
a kind of Asclepias, [L.]
a kind of metre, [Col.]
śambhú f. N. of the wife of Dhruva, [Hariv.]; [VP.]
for śam-bhú, śam-bhū́ &c. See cols. 1, 2.
śambūशम्बूf. N. of a woman (see śambūputra).
śambaशम्बśámba m. (derivation doubtful) a weapon used by Indra (accord. to some ‘Indra's thunderbolt’, but cf. śambín), [RV. x, 42, 7] (= vajra, [Naigh. iv, 2])
the iron head of a pestle, [L.]
an iron chain worn round the loins, [W.]
a partic. measure of length, [L.]
ploughing in the regular direction (= anuloma-karṣaṇa), [L.]
the second ploughing of a field, [W.]
N. of an Asura (cf. śambara), [TBr.], Sch.
śámba mfn. happy, fortunate, [L.] (cf. śaṃ-vat, p. 1054, col. 2)
poor (?), [L.]
śambuशम्बुm. a bivalve shell, [L.]
N. of a man, [ĀśvŚr.]
śaminशमिन्mfn. tranquil, pacific, incapable of any emotion, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.] (cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 141]; compar. of f. śaminī-tarā or śamini-tarā, [Pat.])
m. N. of a son of Rājādhideva, [Hariv.]
of a son of Sūra, [VP.]
of a son of Andhaka, [ib.]
śampāशम्पाf. lightning, [Harav.]
a girdle, [ib.]
śamvaशम्व, śamvat, w.r. for śamba and śaṃvat.
śamyāशम्याf. See next.
śámyā f. a stick, staff, (esp.) a wooden pin or peg, wedge &c., [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]
the pin of a yoke (see yuga-ś°)
a partic. instrument used in the treatment of hemorrhoids, [Vāgbh.]
a sacrificial vessel, [W.]
a kind of cymbal or other musical instrument (= tāla-viśeṣa), [MW.]
a partic. measure of length = 36 Aṅgulas, [VarBṛ.] (or = 32 A°s [KātyŚr.], Sch.; cf. -kṣepa, -nipāta &c. below)
du. (dhuroḥ śamye) N. of two Śāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]
śamyaशम्यmfn. to be appeased or kept quiet &c., [MW.]
= rūkṣa, [TS.], Sch.
m. a partic. personification, [SāmavBr.]
. śamyā &c. See p. 1054, col. 2.
śamyuशम्युSee śaṃyu, p. 1054, col. 3.
śamāhaशमाहm. a quiet place, hermitage, [L.]
śamālāशमालाf. N. of a place, [Rājat.]
śamāyaशमायNom. Ā. °yáte, to fatigue or exert one's self, [RV.]; to set at rest, put to death, kill, slay, [MaitrS.]; [Āpast.]; (P.) to strive after mental calm, [TUp.]
śamīkaशमीकm. N. of various men (esp. of a Muni, son of Sūra and brother of Vasu-deva), [VP.]
śamīraशमीरm. = śamira, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 88.]
śamathaशमथm. quiet, tranquillity, absence of passion, [Lalit.]
a counsellor, minister, [L.]
śamaṭhaशमठm. (cf. [Uṇ. i, 102], Sch.) N. of a Brahman, [MBh.]
śamakāशमकाf. a kind of creeper (found in Nanda-pura), [Kauś.]
śamakaशमकmfn. (fr. Caus.) pacifying, a pacifier, peace-maker, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 34], Sch.
śamalaशमलśámala n. ([Uṇ. i], [iii]) impurity, sin, blemish, fault, harm, [AV.]; [TS.]; [Kāṭh.]; [Kauś.]; [BhP.]
feces, ordure, [L.]
śamanīशमनीf. See below
f. ‘the calming one’, night, [L.]
śamanaशमनmf(I)n. calming, tranquillizing, soothing, allaying, extinguishing, destroying, [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.
m. ‘settler, destroyer’, N. of Yama, [Daś.]
a kind of antelope, [L.]
a kind of pea, [L.]
n. the act of calming, appeasing, allaying, tranquillization, pacification, extinction, destruction, [Kauś.]; [MBh.] &c. killing, slaying, immolation, [Kauś.]
chewing, swallowing, [L.]
a mode of sipping water (prob. for camana), [MW.]
malediction, reviling (w.r. for śapana), [W.]
śamaraशमर(in roma-ś°), prob. = vivara, [GopBr.]
śambaṭशम्बट्śambáṭ ind. = chambáṭ, [Suparṇ.]
śambinशम्बिन्śambín m. ‘having a pole or oar’, a rower, boatman, [AV.]
śamikaशमिकm. N. of a man g. bidādi.
śamiraशमिरm. (cf. śamīra) a small variety of the Śamī tree, [L.]
śamitāशमिता(ā), f. rice-powder, [L.]
śamitaशमितśamitá mfn. (cf. śānta) prepared, ready (as an oblation), [VS.]
(fr. Caus.) appeased, allayed &c.
kept in order, cut (as nails), [Megh. 89] (v.l.)
destroyed, killed, [Ragh.]
relieved, cured, [W.]
relaxed, intermitted, [ib.]
śamitá m. N. of a Sthavira of the Jainas, [HPariś.]
śamitṛशमितृmfn. one who keeps his mind calm, [Rāj.]
śamitṛ́ m. a killer, slaughterer, cutter up (of a slaughtered victim), preparer, dresser, [RV.]; [Br.]; [MBh.]
śammadशम्मद्śam—mad N. of an Āṅgirasa, [PañcavBr.] (cf. śāmmada).
śamvatशम्वत्śamva, , w.r. for śamba and śaṃvat.
śamāṅgaशमाङ्गśamāgāsa (?) and , N. of two places, [Rājat.]
śambhalīशम्भलीf. a procuress, [L.] (cf. śamphalī and ).
śambhalaशम्भलm. (also written sambhala) N. of a town (situated between the Rathaprā and Ganges, and identified by some with Sambhal in Moradābād; the town or district of Śambhala is fabled to be the place where Kalki, the last incarnation of Viṣṇu, is to appear in the family of a Brāhman named Viṣṇu-yaśas), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
śambharaशम्भरśam—bhara m. N. of a man (cf. śāmbhara).
śambhavaशम्भवśam—bhavá mfn. = śambhu, [VS.]
śam—bhavá m. (with Jainas) N. of the third Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]
śam-bhava , śam-bhaviṣṭha. See under 2. śam, p. 1054, col. 2.
śamīvatशमीवत्śamī—vat mfn. N. of a man (cf. śāmīvata).
śamphalīशम्फलीf. (cf. śambalī and śambhalī) a procuress, [L.]
śamagirशमगिर्śama—gir f. a tranquillizing word or speech, [Prab.]
śamakṛtशमकृत्śama—kṛt mfn. devoted to quietism, [L.]
śamasthaशमस्थśama—stha mfn. engaged in quietism, [MW.]
śamavatशमवत्śama—vat mfn. tranquil, peaceful, [Śiś.]; [Veṇīs.]
śambākṛशम्बाकृśambā-√ kṛ P. Ā. -karoti, -kurute ([Pāṇ. v, 4, 58]), to plough twice or in both directions, [Bhām.]
śambūkaशम्बूकm. a bivalve shell, any shell or conch, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; [Suśr.] (also f(A). , [L.])
a snail, [W.]
a kind of animal (= ghoṅgha), [L.]
the edge of the frontal protuberance of an elephant, [L.]
N. of a Śūdra (who had become a devotee and was slain by Rāma-candra), [R.]; [Uttarar.] (cf. śambuka)
of a Daitya, [L.]
śambalīशम्बली(ī), f. a procuress, [L.] (cf. śambhalī and śamphalī).
śambalaशम्बलm. n. (also -written sambala, or saṃ-vala, q.v.) provender or provisions for a journey, stock for travelling, [Kāv.]; [Kāraṇḍ.]
‘a bank, shore’ or ‘a race, family’ (kūla or kula), [L.]
envy, jealousy, [L.]
śambarīशम्बरीśámbarī (ī), f. Salvinia Cucullata, [L.]; Croton Polyandrum, [L.]
= māyā, sorcery, magic (prob. w.r. for śāmbarī), [L.]
śambaraशम्बरśámbara m. N. of a demon (in [RV.] often mentioned with Śuṣṇa, Arbuda, Pipru &c.; he is the chief enemy of Divo-dāsa Atithigva, for whose deliverance he was thrown down a mountain and slain by Indra; in epic and later poetry he is also a foe of the god of love), [RV.] &c. &c.
a cloud, [Naigh. i, 10]
a weapon, [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 112, 14]
war, fight, [L.]
a kind of deer, [Vās.]; [Bhpr.]
a fish or a kind of fish, [L.]
Terminalia Arunja, [L.]
Symplocos Racemosa, [L.]
a mountain in general or a partic. mountain, [L.]
best, excellent, [L.]
= citraka, [L.]
N. of of a Jina, [L.]
of a king, [Vās.] (v.l. for śambaraṇa and saṃ-varaṇa)
of a juggler (also called śambarasiddhi), [Ratnāv.]
śámbara n. water, [Naigh. i, 12] (but, [Sāh.] censures the use of in this sense)
power, might, [Naigh. ii, 9]
sorcery, magic, [Kathās.] (printed saṃ-vara)
any vow or a partic. vow (with Buddhists), [L.]
wealth, [L.]
= citra, [L.]
(pl.) the fastnesses of Śambara, [RV.]
śambaṭīशम्बटीf. (māṣa-śambaṭyaḥ), [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. i, 2, 64], Vārtt. 59.
śambukaशम्बुकm. (cf. below and śāmbuka) a bivalve shell, [L.]
a partic. noxious insect, [Suśr.]
N. of a Śūdra, [MBh.] (B. jambuka), [Ragh.] (v.l. kañcuka)
of a poet, [Subh.]
śamepsuशमेप्सुśa—°mepsu mfn. desirous of a tranquil life, ib.
śamiṣṭhaशमिष्ठmfn. most active, busiest (applied to the Ṛbhus), [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
śamopyaशमोप्यśamópya ([Padap.] śam-op°) n. (of unknown meaning), [AV. i, 14, 3]
śampākaशम्पाकśam—pāka m. Cathartocarpus Fistula, [MBh.]; [Suśr.] &c. (perhaps w.r. for śamyāka cf. śamyā)
N. of a Brāhman, [MBh.]
(only [L.]) = vipāka and yāvaka (v.l. viyāta and yācaka)
= tarkaka and dhṛṣṭa.
śampātaशम्पातśam—pāta m. Cassia Fistula, [MW.]
śampakaशम्पकm. N. of a Śākya, [Buddh.]
śamyoṣaशम्योषśamy-oṣa m. the grains or seed of a legume or pod, [Āpast.]
śamāgāsaशमागास(?) and śamāṅga, N. of two places, [Rājat.]
śamīphalāशमीफलाśamī—phalā f. a sensitive plant (prob. = -pattrā), [L.]
śamījātaशमीजातśamī—jāta mfn. produced in a Ś° tree (cf. prec.), [Hariv.]
śamījātiशमीजातिśamī—jāti f. a kind of legume or pod, [VarBṛS.]
śamīkuṇaशमीकुणśamī—kuṇa m. the time when the Sami tree bears fruit, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 24.]
śamīlūnaशमीलूनśamī—lūna mfn. one (whose hair is) cut with (an instrument made of) S° wood, [Kauś.]
śamīlatāशमीलताśamī—latā f. a branch of the Ś° tree, [Śak. i, 17.]
śamīmayaशमीमयśamī—máya mf(I)n. consisting or made of Ś° wood, [TS.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]
śamītaruशमीतरुśamī—taru n. the Ś° tree, [Śak. i, 17] (v.l. for -latā).
śamaśamaशमशमśama—śama mfn. enjoying perpetual tranquillity (as Śiva), [MBh.]
śamanīyaशमनीयmfn. to be tranquillized, consolable, [MW.]
serving for tranquillization, soothing, [Suśr.]
n. a sedative, [ib.]; [Sāh.]
śamaparaशमपरśama—para mfn. devoted to quiet, tranquil, [VarBṛS.]
śamasudhāशमसुधाśama—sudhā f. the nectar of tranquillity, [ib.]
śamasukhaशमसुखśama—sukha n. the joy or happiness of tranquillity, [Bhartṛ.]
śamayitṛशमयितृm. (fr. Caus.) an alleviator, tranquillizer, [Kauś.] (°śámayitṛkā f., [MaitrS.])
an extinguisher, destroyer, killer, slayer, [Nir.]; [Ragh.]
śambukkaशम्बुक्कm. a bivalve shell, [L.]
śamirohaशमिरोहśami—roha m. ‘ascending the Śamī tree’, N. of Śiva, [L.]
śamāśrayaशमाश्रयśa—°māśraya m. the having recourse to a tranquil life, ib.
śamāntakaशमान्तकm. ‘destroyer of tranquillity’, N. of Kāma-deva (god of love), [L.]
śamānvitaशमान्वितmfn. devoted to quietism, [MuṇḍUp.]
śamātmakaशमात्मकmfn. calm or tranquil by nature, [R.]
śambhūnāthaशम्भूनाथśambhū—nātha m. N. of an author, [ib.] (cf. śambhun°).
śambhudāsaशम्भुदासśambhu—dāsa m.
śambhudevaशम्भुदेवśambhu—deva m. N. of authors.
śambhugiriशम्भुगिरिśambhu—giri m. N. of a mountain
śambhunāthaशम्भुनाथśambhu—nātha m. N. of a temple of Śiva in Nepāl, [W.]
(also with ācārya and siddhāntavágīśa) N. of various authors &c., [Cat.]
śambhurājaशम्भुराजśambhu—rāja m. N. of the author of the Nyāya-mañjari, [Cat.]
śambhurāmaशम्भुरामśambhu—rāma m. N. of various authors, [Cat.]
śamīdhānyaशमीधान्यśamī—dhānya n. Ś° grain (one of the 5 classes of grain; but often = any pulse or grain growing in pods), [ŚBr.]; [Car.]
śamīgarbhaशमीगर्भśamī—garbhá m. ‘born in the S°’, the Aśvattha tree or Ficus Religiosa (which strikes root in the fissures of other trees), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.
fire (supposed to be contained in the S°), [Hariv.]
a Brāhman, [L.]
śamīparṇaशमीपर्णśamī—parṇá n. a leaf of the Ś° tree, [TBr.]
śamīvṛkṣaशमीवृक्षśamī—vṛkṣa m. = -taru, [Pañcat.]
śamasaukhyaशमसौख्यśama—saukhya n. = -sukha, [Śāntiś.]
śamasthalīशमस्थलीśama—sthalī f. = antarvedī, [Gal.]