sam-√ 3. mā P. Ā. -māti, -mimīte, to measure out, measure, [RV.] &c. &c.; to make of the same measure, make equal, equalize (in size, number, quantity &c.), [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] ; to compare with (instr.), [BhP.]; to mete out, distribute, bestow, [RV. iii, 1, 15]; [v, 4, 2]; (with śrávāṃsi) to direct one's course or flight towards, [ib.] [iii, 34, 22]; to be of the same capacity with, be contained in (loc.), [Kuval.] : Pass. -mīyate, to be of the same measure, be contained in (loc.), [Nīlak.]
sam-mā f. equality in size or number, symmetry, [AitBr.]; [PañcavBr.]
a kind of metre, [RPrāt.]