cl. 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.