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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शमनśamanaa.(-नी f.) [शम् णिच् ल्यु ल्युट् वा] Quelling, allaying, subduing &c.

    (-नी Feminine) शम् णिच् ल्यु ल्युट् वा Quelling, allaying, subduing etc.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नम्

      1. Appeasing, allaying, soothing, conquering, alleviating, etc.
      2. Calmness, tranquillity.
      3. End, stop, cessation, destruction.
      4. Hurting, injuring; destroying; सपत्नशमनम् Mb.3.85.11.
      5. Killing animals for sacrifice, immolation.
      6. Swallowing, chewing.

    • -नः

      1. A kind of deer, an antelope.
      2. Name of Yama, the god of death; शतशस्तत्र यवनाः शम- नातिथयोऽभवन् Śiva B.14.94.
      3. A kind of pea.

    • -स्वसृ Feminine 'Yama's sister', epithet of the river Yamunā.

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  2. उपशमनम्upaśamanam1 Quieting, calming, appeasing.
    1. 1 Quieting, calming, appeasing.
    2. Mitigation, assuagement.
    3. Extinction, cessation.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शमनśamana[sam-ana] a. (î) allaying, calming, alle viating; destroying; n. tranquillization, alle viation; destruction…

    [sam-ana] adjective (î) allaying, calming, alle viating; destroying; neuter tranquillization, alle viation; destruction; immolation: î-ya, adjective soothing; neuter sedative; -ayitri, masculine alleviator; destroyer, slayer.

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  2. ग्रन्थिशमनgranthiśamana[granthi-samana] n. (bringing a garment to an end with a knot =) money knot.

    [granthi-samana] neuter (bringing a garment to an end with a knot Equivalent to) money knot.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शमनśamanamf(ई)n. calming, tranquillizing, soothing, allaying, extinguishing, destroying Ka1tyS3r. MBh. &c.
    1. mf(ई)neuter gender calming, tranquillizing, soothing, allaying, extinguishing, destroying Ka1tyS3r. MBh. etc.
    2. masculine gender "settler, destroyer", Name of Yama यम Das3.
    3. masculine gender a kind of antelope Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender a kind of pea Lexicographers
    5. neuter gender the act of calming, appeasing, allaying, tranquillization, pacification, extinction, destruction Kaus3. MBh. etc. killing, slaying, immolation Kaus3.
    6. neuter gender chewing, swallowing Lexicographers
    7. neuter gender a mode of sipping water (probably for चमन) MW.
    8. neuter gender malediction, reviling (wrong reading for शपन) W.
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  2. अङ्गमर्षप्रशमनaṅgamarṣapraśamanan. alleviation of rheumatism.

    neuter gender alleviation of rheumatism.

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  3. आपन्नार्तिप्रशमनफलāpannārtipraśamanaphalamf(आ)n. having as result the relieving of the pains of the afflicted Megh. 54.

    mf(आ)neuter gender having as result the relieving of the pains of the afflicted Megh. 54.

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  4. उपशमनupaśamanamf(ई)n. calming, appeasing BhP.
    1. mf(ई)neuter gender calming, appeasing BhP.
    2. neuter gender the becoming extinct, ceasing Nir.
    3. neuter gender calming, appeasing, mitigation MBh. BhP. Sus3r. Pan5cat.
    4. neuter gender an anodyne.
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  5. उपशमनीयupaśamanīyamfn. to be appeased or made quiet Sa1h.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be appeased or made quiet Sa1h.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (उपशमनीय from उप-शमन), serving as an anodyne, calming, appeasing Car.
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  6. त्रिदोषशमनtridoṣaśamanamfn. = -घ्न, 46, 4, 32

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Equivalent to -घ्न, 46, 4, 32

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