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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
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.]
śamyāpātaशम्यापातśamyā—pāta m. ([MBh.]) = -kṣepa above.
śamyātālaशम्यातालśamyā—tāla m. a kind of cymbal, [MBh.]; [Car.]
śamyāgartaशम्यागर्तśamyā—garta m. n. a hole for the Śamyā, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
śamyāgrāhaशम्याग्राहśamyā—grāha m. (prob.) one who plays the cymbals, [R.]
śamyākṣepaशम्याक्षेपśámyā—kṣepa m. the cast of a staff, distance that a staff can be thrown, [MBh.]
śamyāmātraशम्यामात्रśamyā—mātrá mfn. having the measure of a Śamyā, [TBr.]
śamyāprāsaशम्याप्रासśamyā—prāsa m. ([Āpast.]) = -kṣepa above.
śamyānipātaशम्यानिपातśamyā—nipāta ([MBh.]) m. = -kṣepa.
śamyāparāsaशम्यापरासśamyā—parāsa ([ĀpŚr.]) m. = -kṣepa.
śamyāparāsinशम्यापरासिन्śamyā—parāsin mfn. measuring the distance of the cast of a ڰ, [PañcavBr.]
śamyāprāsanaशम्याप्रासनśamyā—prāsana n. ([Lāṭy.]) = -kṣepa above.
śamyāparāvyādhaशम्यापराव्याधśamyā—parāvyādhá ([ŚBr.]) m. = -kṣepa.