mfn. (fr. sam-anta) being on all sides, [KātyŚr.]
bordering, limiting, [W.]
m. a neighbour, [Kāṭh.]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]
a vassal, feudatory prince, the chief of a district (paying tribute to a lord paramount), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a minister (?), [Cāṇ.] (v.l.)
a leader, general, captain, champion, [W.]
N. of the author of the Tājika-sāra-ṭīkā (1620 A.D.), [Cat.]
n. a neighbourhood, [Mn.]; [Śukas.]