cl. 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.]