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sāman

sā́man n. (fr. √ sā = san) acquisition, possession, property, wealth, abundance, [RV.]; [VS.]

sā́man n. (m. only in [TBr.]; prob. connected with √ sāntv; accord. to some fr. √ 1. sā; cf. 3. ) calming, tranquillizing, (esp.) kind or gentle words for winning an adversary, conciliation, negotiation (one of the 4 Upāyas or means of success against an enemy, the other 3 being dāna, bheda, and daṇḍa, qq.vv.; ibc. or instr. sg. and pl., ‘by friendly means or in a friendly way, willingly, voluntarily’), [TBr.]; &c.

sā́man n. (of doubtful derivation; accord. to [Uṇ. iv, 152] fr. √ so = 2. sā, as ‘destroying sin’; in [Nir. vii, 12] apparently connected with sammita; by others derived fr. √ 1. san, sā, sāntv, and perhaps not to be separated fr. 1. and 2. ) a metrical hymn or song of praise, (esp.) a partic. kind of sacred text or verse called a Sāman (intended to be chanted, and forming, with ṛc, yajus, chandas, one of the 4 kinds of Vedic composition mentioned first in [RV. x, 90, 9]), [RV.] &c. &c.

any song or tune (sacred or profane, also the hum of bees), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

the faculty of uttering sounds (?), [TBr.] (Sch.)