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Apte Dictionary

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

समाsamā(generally in pl., but used by Pāṇini in sing. also, e. g. समां समाम् P.V.2.12.) A year; तेनाष्टौ परिगमिताः…
(generally in Plural, but used by Pāṇini in Singular also, Exempli gratia, for example समां समाम् ParasmaipadaV.2.12.) A year; तेनाष्टौ परिगमिताः समाः कथंचित् R.8.92; तयोश्चतुर्दशैकेन रामं प्राव्राजयत् समाः 12.6; 19.4; Mv.4.41. -Indeclinable With, together with.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अतीत Adjective more than one year old.
- -निचय Adjective one who has provision sufficient for a year; Ms.6.18.
In the Gita6·41

प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः ।

prāpya puṇyakṛtāṁ lokānuṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ, — Having attained to the worlds of the righteous and having dwelt there for immemorial years, he who fell from Yoga is again born in the house of such… 6·41
- समाःsamāḥnominative plural of the feminine noun samā (a year).
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अनिलम्भसमाधिanilambhasamādhi'unsupported meditation; Name of a peculiar kind of meditation (Buddh.).

'unsupported meditation; Name of a peculiar kind of meditation (Buddh.).

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

समाsamā[sámâ] f. half-year (AV., rare); season, weather (Br., S., rare); year (V., C.).

[sámâ] feminine; also equal for half-year (Atharva-veda, rare); season, weather (Brâhmana, Sûtra, rare); year (Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

समाsamāf. (of 2. सम above) a year RV. &c. &c. (also सम n. in पाप-स्/अम, पुण्य-स्˚, सु-ष्/अम)
1. feminine (of 2. सम a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page)) a year fg-veda etc. etc. (also सम neuter gender in पाप-स्/अम, पुण्य-स्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, सु-ष्/अम)
2. feminine a half-year AV.
3. feminine season, weather AitBr. Kaus3. Nir.
4. feminine a day MW.
5. see page and participle 1153, column 2 .
6. feminine a year see समा page and participle1153
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अक्षरसमाम्नायakṣarasamāmnāyam. alphabet Pat. BhP.

masculine gender alphabet Pat. BhP.

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अग्निसमाधानagnisamādhānan. kindling fire, Gobh.

neuter gender kindling fire, Gobh.

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अङ्गसमाख्यायम्aṅgasamākhyāyamind. calling the limbs by name, AitBr.

indeclinable calling the limbs by name, AitBr.

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अधिरूढसमाधियोगadhirūḍhasamādhiyogamfn. engaged in profound meditation.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective engaged in profound meditation.

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अनित्यसमासanityasamāsam. a compound, the sense of which may be equally expressed by resolving it into its constituent parts.

masculine gender a compound, the sense of which may be equally expressed by resolving it into its constituent parts.

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अनिलम्भसमाधिanilambhasamādhim. "unsupported meditation", N. of a peculiar kind of meditation Buddh.

masculine gender "unsupported meditation", Name of a peculiar kind of meditation Buddh.

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