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samāna

sam-āná m. (for and sa-māna See p. 1160) one of the five vital airs (that which circulates about the navel and is essential to digestion; it is personified as a son of Sādhya), [AV.]; &c.


samāná mf(I/, or A)n. (connected with 1. and 2. sama; in [RV. v, 87, 4] abl. sg. samānásmāt for samānā́t See 1. sama; for sam-ana See sam-√ an, for sa-māna See col. 3) same, identical, uniform, one (= eka, [L.]), [RV.] &c. &c.


alike, similar, equal (in size, age, rank, sense or meaning &c.), equal or like to (with instr., gen., or comp.), [VS.] &c. &c.


having the same place or organ of utterance, homogeneous (as a sound or letter), [Vop.]


holding the middle between two extremes, middling moderate, [BhP.]


common, general, universal, all, [RV.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [BhP.]


whole (as a number, opp. to ‘a fraction’), [Pāṇ. v, 2, 47], Vārtt. 4


being (= sat, after an adj.), [Divyāv.]


virtuous, good, [L.]


= varṇa-bhid, [L.]


samāná m. an equal, friend, [TBr.]; [Cāṇ.]; [BhP.]


samāná (prob.) n. N. of wk. (cf. śākhā-s°).


sa-māna mfn. (for See col. 1; for sam-āna See p. 1154, col. 2) possessing honour or esteem, honoured by (gen.), [Vet.]


with anger, [BhP.]


sa-māna mfn. (for 1. See above) having the same measure, [L.]