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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शंसाśaṃsāPraise.

    [शंस्-अ]

    1. Praise.
    2. Wish, desire, hope.
    3. Repeating, narrating.
    4. Reciting.
    5. Conjecture, belief; मातास्य युगपद् वाक्यं विप्रियं प्रियशंसया Rām.2.72.41 (com. प्रियशंसया प्रियशङ्कया).
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  2. आशंसाāśaṃsā1 Desire, wish, expectation, hope; निदधे विजयाशंसा चापे सीतां च लक्ष्मणे R.12.44; आशंसा च हि नः Bk.19.5.
    1. 1 Desire, wish, expectation, hope; निदधे विजयाशंसा चापे सीतां च लक्ष्मणे R.12.44; आशंसा च हि नः Bk.19.5.
    2. Speech, declaration.
    3. Indication, reference; शरत्समयवर्णनाशंसया Ve.1.
    4. Imagination; आशंसापरिकल्पितास्वपि भवत्यानन्दसान्द्रो लयः Māl.5.7.
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  3. प्रशंसाpraśaṃsā1 Praise, eulogy, panegyric, applause; प्रशंसा- वचनम् 'a complimentary or laudatory remark'.
    1. 1 Praise, eulogy, panegyric, applause; प्रशंसा- वचनम् 'a complimentary or laudatory remark'.
    2. Description, reference to; as in अप्रस्तुतप्रशंसा quod vide, which see
    3. Glory, fame, reputation.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -आलापः Applause, acclamation.

    • -उपमा one of the several kinds of उपमा mentioned by Daṇḍin; ब्राह्मणोऽप्युद्भवः पद्मश्चन्द्रः शंभुशिरोधृतः । तौ तुल्यौ त्वन्मुखेनेति सा प्रशंसोपमोच्यते ॥ Kāv.2.31.

    • -मुखर Adjective loudly praising.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शंसाśaṃsāf. praise, flattery, eulogium Ka1v.
    1. feminine praise, flattery, eulogium Ka1v.
    2. feminine wish, desire W.
    3. feminine speech, utterance, announcement R.
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  2. अप्रस्तुतप्रशंसाaprastutapraśaṃsāf. "conveying the subject-matter by that which is not the subject-matter", (in rhetoric) implied or indirect…

    feminine "conveying the subject-matter by that which is not the subject-matter", (in rhetoric) implied or indirect expression.

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  3. आत्मप्रशंसाātmapraśaṃsāf. self-applause A1p. R.

    feminine self-applause A1p. R.

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  4. आशंसाāśaṃsāf. hope, expectation, desire, wish Pa1n2. Ragh. Vikr. Sa1h.

    feminine hope, expectation, desire, wish Pa1n2. Ragh. Vikr. Sa1h.

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  5. तेजस्विप्रशंसाtejasvipraśaṃsāf. N. of S3a1rn3gP. xvii.

    feminine Name of S3a1rn3gP. xvii.

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  6. प्रशंसाpraśaṃsāf. praise, commendation, fame, glory (with Buddhists Buddhists one of the 8 worldly conditions Dharmas. 61)…

    feminine praise, commendation, fame, glory (with Buddhists Buddhists one of the 8 worldly conditions Dharmas. 61) S3Br. etc. (confer, compare अप्रस्तुत-प्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, स्त्री-प्that the rest of a word is to be supplied; wrong reading that the rest of a word is to be suppliedशंशा)

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. आत्मशंसाātmaśaṃsā[âtma-samsâ] f. self-praise; -sakti, f. one's own power: in. according to one's power; -sonita, n. one's own…

    [âtma-samsâ] feminine; also equal for self-praise; -sakti, feminine; also equal for one's own power: instrumental according to one's power; -sonita, neuter one's own blood; -slâgha, -slâghin, adjective boastful; -samyoga, masculine personal interest in anything; -samstha, adjective attached to one's person; directed to oneself.

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