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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शमीśamīN. of a tree (said to contain fire); अग्निगर्भां शमीमिव Ś.4.3; Ms.8.247; ध्रुवं स नीलोत्पलपत्रधारया शमीलतां…

    [शम्-इन् वा ङीप्] (शमि sometimes)

    1. Name of a tree (said to contain fire); अग्निगर्भां शमीमिव Ś.4.3; Ms.8.247; ध्रुवं स नीलोत्पलपत्रधारया शमीलतां छेत्तुमृषिर्व्यवस्यति Ś.1.18; Y. 1.32.
    2. A pod, legume.
    3. A particular measure.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कुणः the time when the Śamī tree bears fruit; ParasmaipadaV.2.24.

    • -गर्भः

      1. an epithet of fire.
      2. a Brāhmaṇa, one belonging to the sacerdotal or priestly class.

    • -धान्यम् any pulse or grain growing in pods, leguminous grain.

    • -रोहः an epithet of Śiva.

    • -पत्री Mimosa Pudica, a kind of sensitive planet.

    • शमी śamī मि mi रः rḥ, (मि) रः A small variety of the Śamī tree.

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  2. दशमीdaśamī1 The tenth day of a lunar fortnight.
    1. 1 The tenth day of a lunar fortnight.
    2. The tenth decade of the human life; यत्र स्युः सोऽत्र मानार्हः शूद्रोऽपि दशमीं गतः Ms.2.137.
    3. The last ten years of a century.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -स्थ, -दशमींगत Adjective above ninety years old; दशमीस्थः क्षीणरागे वृद्धे मरणसंशये Nm.; Ms.2.138.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शमीśamī[sám-î] f. effort, toil, labour (V.).
    1. [sám-î] feminine; also equal for effort, toil, labour (Veda, Vedic).
    2. [sam-î́] feminine; also equal for noun of a tree (Prosopis spici- gera or Mimosa Suma), from the wood of which the Aranîs or fire-sticks were made perhaps from √1. sam, work, owing to the fric tion required in producing fire]: (î)-taru, masculine, -vriksha, masculine, -latâ, feminine; also equal for the Samî-tree (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); -garbhá, adjective growing or contained in the Samî; masculine religious fig-tree (vide, see asvattha); fire; -máya, adjective (î) consisting or made of Samî wood.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शमीśamīf. (cf. श्/अमि) effort, labour, toil RV. VS.
    1. feminine (confer, compare श्/अमि) effort, labour, toil fg-veda VS.
    2. feminine (शम्/ई) the S3ami1 शमी tree, Prosopis Spicigera or (according to to according to others) Mimosa Suma (possessing a very tough hard wood supposed to contain fire confer, compare Mn. viii, 247 Ragh. iii, 9; it was employed to kindle the sacred fire, and a legend relates that Puru1-ravas पुरू-रवस् generated primeval fire by the friction of two branches of the S3ami1 शमी and As3vattha अश्वत्थ trees) AV. etc.
    3. feminine a legume, pod (confer, compare -जाति)
    4. feminine a particular measure (see चतुह्-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) Equivalent to वल्गुली or वाग्न्जि Lexicographers
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  2. इषुकामशमीiṣukāmaśamīf. N. of a region Comm. on Pa1n2. 2-1, 50.

    feminine Name of a region commentator or commentary on Pa1n2. 2-1, 50.

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  3. चतुःशमीcatuḥśamīf. 4 S3ami1s शमी s long Kaus3. 137.

    feminine 4 S3ami1s शमी s long Kaus3. 137.

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  4. दशमीdaśamīf. the 10th stage of human life (age from 91 to 100 years) AV. iii, 4 Ta1n2d2yaBr. Gaut. Mn. ii
    1. feminine the 10th stage of human life (age from 91 to 100 years) AV. iii, 4 Ta1n2d2yaBr. Gaut. Mn. ii
    2. feminine (scilicet तिथि) the 10th day of the half moon, iii, 276 MBh. etc.
    3. feminine the 10th day after birth Pat. Introduction 73
    4. feminine ([confer, compare Latin decimus .])
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  5. दशमीस्थdaśamīsthamfn. between 90 and 100 years old, Mn. ii, 138 .

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective between 90 and 100 years old, Mn. ii, 138 .

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  6. पूर्वेषुकामशमीpūrveṣukāmaśamīf. N. of a village Pa1n2. 2-1, 50 &c. Sch.

    feminine Name of a village Pa1n2. 2-1, 50 etc. Scholiast or Commentator

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  7. प्रशमीpraśamīf. N. of an Apsaras अप्सरस् MBh.

    feminine Name of an Apsaras अप्सरस् MBh.

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