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Entry शम

शमśamaQuiet, tranquillity, calmness; धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो Bg.11.24.
[शम्-घञ्]
1. Quiet, tranquillity, calmness; धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो Bg.11.24.
2. Rest, calm, repose, cessation.
3. Absence or restraint of passions, mental quietness, quietism; शमरतेऽमरतेजसि पार्थिवे R.9.4; Ki.1.1;16.48; Śi.2.94; Bg.1.4.
4. Allayment, mitigation, alleviation, satisfaction, pacification (of grief, thirst, hunger etc.); शममुपयातु ममापि चित्तदाहः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.8; शम- मेष्यति मम शोकः कथं नु वत्से Ś.4.21.
5. Peace; as in अस्माकं शमकामा वै त्वं च पुत्रो ममेत्यथ Mb.12.1.27; शमोपन्यास Ve.5.
6. Final emancipation (from all worldly illusions and attachments).
7. The hand.
8. Cure of disease, convalescence.
9. Indifference, apathy.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अन्तकः the god of love (a destroyer of mental tranquillity).
- -आत्मक Adjective calm, tranquil by nature.
- -उपन्यासः overtures of peace.
- -पर Adjective tranquil, quiet, stoical.
- -प्रधान Adjective in whom tranquillity or quietism predominates; शम- प्रधानेषु तपोधनेषु Ś.2.7.
- -व्यसनिन् Adjective dissolute from indifference.
- -शम Adjective enjoying perpetual tranquillity.
In the Gita6·3 10·4 18·42 11·24

योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते ॥

yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇamucyate. — For a sage who is ascending the hill of Yoga, action is the cause; for the same sage when he has got to the top of Yoga self-mastery is the cause. 6·3
- शमःśamaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun śama (peace, calm).
- शमम्śamamaccusative singular of the masculine noun śama (peace, calm).
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