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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
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.]
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.]
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.]
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.]
śamasaukhyaशमसौख्यśama—saukhya n. = -sukha, [Śāntiś.]
śamasthalīशमस्थलीśama—sthalī f. = antarvedī, [Gal.]
śamanīpāraशमनीपारśamanī—pāra m. (prob.) a partic. mode of reciting the Ṛg-veda, [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 1], Vārtt. 1.
śamanīṣadaशमनीषदśamanī—ṣada m. ‘night-goer’, a Rākṣasa, evil spirit, demon, [L.]
śamanavidhiशमनविधिśamana—vidhi m. N. of the 46th Pariśiṣṭa of the [AV.]
śamaprāptaशमप्राप्तśama—prāpta mfn. one who has attained, quiet, [Vedāntas.]
śamavihāraशमविहारśama—vihāra mfn. living a tranquil life, [Bcar.]
śamayitṛkāशमयितृकाśámayitṛkā f., [MaitrS.]
śamanaśvasṛशमनश्वसृśamana—śvasṛ f. ‘Yama's sister’, the river Yamunā or Jumnā, [L.]
śamapradhānaशमप्रधानśama—pradhāna mfn. id., [Śak.]
śamalagṛhītaशमलगृहीतśamala—gṛhīta m. affected with a taint, [AitBr.]
śamavyasaninशमव्यसनिन्śama—vyasanin mfn. dissolute from indifference, [Rājat.]
śamathasambhāraशमथसम्भारśamatha—sambhāra m. (with Buddhists) quietude as one of the equipments (one of the 4 Sambhāras q.v.), [Dharmas. 117.]
śamanīcameḍhraशमनीचमेढ्रśama—nīca-meḍhra m. one whose generative organ hangs down from absence of passion or impotence, [TāṇḍBr.]
śamantakastotraशमन्तकस्तोत्रśamantaka-stotra n. N. of a Stotra, [Cat.] (prob. w.r. for śamāntaka-, or syamantaka-st°).
śamasetupradīpaशमसेतुप्रदीपśama—setu-pradīpa m. N. of wk.
śamathavipaśyanāvihārinशमथविपश्यनाविहारिन्śamatha—vipaśyanā-vihārin m. ‘enjoying quietude and right knowledge’, N. of Buddha, [Divyāv.]