Apte Dictionary

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Entry शम्या

शम्याśamyāA wooden stick or post.
[शम्-यत् टाप्]
1. A wooden stick or post.
2. A staff, a measure of length (Equivalent to 36 Aṅgulas).
3. The pin of a yoke.
4. A kind of cymbal; वीणा नैवाद्य वाद्यन्ते शम्यातालस्वनैः सह Mb.7.72.12.
5. A sacrificial vessel.
6. A kind of medical instrument.
Derived forms and compounds
- -क्षेपः, -पातः the distance that a staff can be thrown; the cast of a staff; शम्यापातेनाभ्यतीयाद्वेदीभिश्चित्रयन् महीम् Mb.12.29.95; Ms.8.237.
- -ग्राहः one who plays the cymbal; Rām. 2.91.49.
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