P. °yati (for 2. See sam-√ i), to level, regulate, [L.]
sam-aya &c. See p. 1164, col. 1.
sam-ayá m. (ifc. f(A). ) coming together, meeting or a place of meeting, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]
intercourse with (instr.), [Mn. x, 53]
coming to a mutual understanding, agreement, compact, covenant, treaty, contract, arrangement, engagement, stipulation, conditions of agreement, terms (ena or āt or -tas, ‘according to agreement, conditionally’; tena samayena, ‘in consequence of this agreement’; samayaṃ acc. with √ kṛ, ‘to make an agreement or engagement’, ‘agree with any one [instr. with or without saha]’, ‘settle’, ‘stipulate’; with sam√ vad id.; with √ dā, ‘to propose an agreement, offer terms’; with √ brū or √ vac or abhi-√ dhā, ‘to state the terms of an agreement’, ‘make a promise’; with √ grah or prati-√ pad, ‘to enter into an agreement’, ‘make or accept conditions of an agreement’; with √ pāl, or √ rakṣ or pari-√ rakṣ &c., ‘to keep an agreement’, ‘keep one's word’; with √ tyaj or √ bhid or vy-abhi-√ car &c., ‘to break an agreement’; abl. with √ bhraṃś id.; loc. with √ sthā, ‘to keep an engagement’, ‘keep one's word’; acc. with Caus. of √ sthā or of ni-√ viś ‘to fix or settle terms’, ‘impose conditions’), [TS.] &c. &c.
convention, conventional rule or usage, established custom, law, rule, practice, observance, [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]
order, direction, precept, doctrine, [Nir.]; [MBh.]; [Śaṃk.]; [Sarvad.]
(in rhet.) the conventional meaning or scope of a word, [Kusum.]
appointed or proper time, right moment for doing anything (gen. or Pot. [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 68]), opportunity, occasion, time, season (ifc. or ibc. or °ye ind., ‘at the appointed time or at the right moment or in good time for’, or ‘at the time of’, ‘when there is’; tena samayena, ‘at that time’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
juncture, circumstances, case (iha samaye, ‘under these circumstances’, ‘in this case’), [Pañcat.]; [Hit.]
an ordeal, [Viṣṇ.]
sign, hint, indication, [W.]
demonstrated conclusion, [ib.]
limit, boundary, [ib.]
solemn address, harangue, speech, declaration, [Viṣṇ.]
(in gram.) a Vedic passage which is the repetition of another one, [RPrāt.]
(in dram.) end of trouble or distress, [Bhar.]; [Daśar.]; [Sāh.]
N. of a son of Dharma, [VP.]
(with Śāktas) N. of the author of a Mantra, [Cat.]