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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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 Gita6·310·418·4211·24

    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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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शमśama[sám-a] a. tame, domestic (RV.).
    1. [sám-a] adjective tame, domestic (Rig-veda).
    2. [sam-a] masculine (mental) tranquillity or calmness, equanimity, quietism; peace, with (sârdham); apathy (rare); tranquillization, calm, pacification, alleviation, cessation, ex tinction: -m kri, show calmness, calm oneself, be tranquil: -gir, feminine; also equal for tranquillizing word; -pradhâna, adjective devoted to calmness.
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  2. अधिनिशम्adhiniśam[adhi-nisam] ad. at night.

    [adhi-nisam] adverb, -ial, -ially at night.

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  3. अध्याकाशम्adhyākāśam[adhi ͜ âkâsam] ad. in the air.

    [adhi ͜ âkâsam] adverb, -ial, -ially in the air.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शमśamam. tranquillity, calmness, rest, equanimity, quietude or quietism, absence of passion, abstraction from…
    1. masculine gender tranquillity, calmness, rest, equanimity, quietude or quietism, absence of passion, abstraction from eternal objects through intense meditation (शमं √कृ, "to calm one's self", "be tranquil") Mn. MBh. etc.
    2. masculine gender peace, peace with (सा*र्धम्) MBh.
    3. masculine gender Quietism or Tranquillity (personified as a son of Dharma धर्म and husband of Pra7pti प्रा*प्ति) MBh.
    4. masculine gender tranquillization, pacification, allayment, alleviation, cessation, extinction MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    5. masculine gender absence of sexual passion or excitement, impotence Ta1n2d2Br.
    6. masculine gender alleviation or cure of disease, convalescence W.
    7. masculine gender final happiness, emancipation from all the illusions of existence Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender indifference, apathy Ra1jat.
    9. masculine gender the hand (confer, compare शय) Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender imprecation, malediction (wrong reading for शप) Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender Name of a king of the Nandi-vega नन्दि-वेग s MBh.
    12. masculine gender of a son of Andhaka अन्धक Hariv.
    13. masculine gender of a son of Dharma-su1tra धर्म-सूत्र BhP.
    14. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective tame, domestic fg-veda i, 32, 15; 33, 15.
    15. (in compound)
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  2. अङ्गमर्षप्रशमनaṅgamarṣapraśamanan. alleviation of rheumatism.

    neuter gender alleviation of rheumatism.

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  3. अतिमर्शम्atimarśamind. (√मृश्), so as to encroach AitBr.

    indeclinable (√मृश्), so as to encroach AitBr.

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  4. अदशमास्यadaśamāsyamfn. not ten months old S3Br.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not ten months old S3Br.

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  5. अधिनिशम्adhiniśamind. by night, ib.

    indeclinable by night, ibidem

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  6. अध्याकाशम्adhyākāśamind. in the air, S3is3.

    indeclinable in the air, S3is3.

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