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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सौम्यsaumyaa.(-म्या or -म्यी f.) [सोमो देवतास्य तस्येदं वा अण्]
    1. (-म्या or -म्यी Feminine) सोमो देवतास्य तस्येदं वा अण्
    2. Relating or sacred to the moon.
    3. Having the properties of Soma.
    4. Handsome, lovely, charming; pleasing, agreeable.
    5. Gentle, soft, mild, placid; संरंम्भं मैथिलीहासः क्षणसौम्यां निनाय ताम् R.12.36; सौम्यस्व- भावोऽपि पृथुप्रतापः (where सौम्य means both 'gentle' and 'lunar') Bu. Ch.1.1; (the voc. सौम्य is often used in the sense of 'good sir', 'gentle sir', 'good man'; प्रीतास्मि ते सौम्य चिराय जीव R.14.59; सौम्येति चाभांष्य यथार्थवादी 14. 44; Me.51; Ku.4.35; Māl.9.25).
    6. Auspicious.
    7. Bright, brilliant.
    8. Cool, moist.
    9. Northern.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -म्यः

      1. Name of Budha or the planet Mercury.
      2. A proper epithet by which a Brāhmaṇa should be addressed; आयुष्मान् भव सौम्येति वाच्यो विप्रोऽभिवादने Ms.2.125.
      3. A Brāhmaṇa.
      4. The Udumbara tree.
      5. Blood before it becomes red, serum.
      6. The gastric juice.
      7. Name of one of the nine divisions of the earth.
      8. An auspicious planet.
      9. A Brāhmaṇa drinking the Soma juice.
      10. A kind of penance (सौम्यकृच्छ्र).
      11. An adherent, worshipper; पपुर्ज्ञानमयं सौम्या यन्मुखाम्बुरुहासवम् Bhāg. 2.4.24.
      12. The left hand.
      13. The month मार्गशीर्ष.

    • -म्यम्

      1. Gentleness.
      2. The मृगशिरस् constellation.
      3. The left eye.
      4. The middle of the hand.

    • -म्या

      1. Name of Durgā.
      2. The moon-plant.
      3. A pearl.
      4. The मृगशिरस् constellation.

    • -म्यी

      1. Moon-shine. -Masculine Plural
      2. Name of the five stars in Orion's head.
      3. A particular class of Pitṛis or Manes; अग्निष्वात्तांश्च सौम्यांश्च विप्राणामेव निर्दिशेत् Me.3.199.

    • -उपचारः a gentle measure, mild remedy.

    • -कृच्छ्रः, -च्छ्रम् a kind of religious penance; पिण्याकाचामतक्राम्बुसक्तूनां प्रतिवासरम् । एकरात्रोपवासश्च कृच्छ्रः सौम्योऽयमुच्यते ॥ Y.3.321.

    • -गन्धी the Indian white rose.

    • -गोलः the northern hemisphere.

    • -ग्रहः a benign or auspicious planet (as बुध, गुरु, शुक्र and चन्द्र).

    • -धातुः the phlegmatic humour, phlegm.

    • -नामन् Adjective having a pleasing or agreeable name; Ms.3.1.

    • -वारः, -वासरः Wednesday.

    In the Gita11·51

    दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तव सौम्यं जनार्दन ।

    dṛṣṭvedaṁ mānuṣaṁ rūpaṁ tava saumyaṁ janārdana, — Arjuna said:- Beholding again Thy gentle human form, O Janardana, my heart is filled with delight and I am restored to my own nature. 11·51
    • सौम्यम्saumyamaccusative singular of the neuter form of the adjective saumya (gentle, cheerful, pleasing).
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  2. असौम्यasaumyaa.Not lovely, ugly, disagreeable; ˚कृत a. Troublesome; ममापि सोऽपराध्नोति यो युष्माकमसौम्यकृत् Mb.8.33.41. ˚स्वर…

    Not lovely, ugly, disagreeable; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकृत Adjective Troublesome; ममापि सोऽपराध्नोति यो युष्माकमसौम्यकृत् Mb.8.33.41. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedस्वर Adjective having a bad or croaking voice.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. सौम्यsaumya[saum-yá (AV. also saúm-)] a. (î́, V.; â, C.; saúmyâ, RV.1) V., C.: relating, belong ing, or sacred to Soma…

    [saum-yá (Atharva-veda also saúm-)] adjective (î́, Veda, Vedic; â, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit; saúmyâ, Rig-veda1) Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: relating, belong ing, or sacred to Soma; cool and moist (opposite âgneya, hot and dry); Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: northern (rare); (moonlike, placid as the moon), agreeable, pleasant; (my) dear, good (friend), gentle (sir, as a term of address); auspicious (planets etc.); masculine plural a class of Manes; singular patronymic of Budha, planet Mercury; the month Mârga sîrsha; masculine neuter kind of penance (rare); neuter gentleness (rare): -tva, neuter gentleness; -dars ana, adjective pleasant to look at: â, feminine; also equal for noun of a princess; -nâman, adjective (mnî) having an agree able name; -mukha, adjective pleasant-faced; -rûpa, adjective kind, gentle, to (genitive); - ͜ âkriti, adjective having an agreeable appearance.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सौम्यsaumyamf(/ई or आ)n. mf(/ई later आ; once in RV. स्/औम्या)n. (once in AV. स्/औम्य) relating or belonging to Soma सोम…
    1. mf(/ई or आ)neuter gender mf(/ई later आ; once in fg-veda स्/औम्या)neuter gender (once in AV. स्/औम्य) relating or belonging to Soma सोम (the juice or the sacrifice or the moon-god), connected or dealing with Soma सोम, having his nature or qualities etc. fg-veda etc.
    2. mf(/ई or आ)neuter gender cool and moist (opp. to अग्नेय, "hot and dry") Breton Hariv. Sus3r.
    3. mf(/ई or आ)neuter gender northern (एन, "to the north") Hariv. VarBr2S.
    4. mf(/ई or आ)neuter gender "resembling the moon", placid, gentle, mild (सौम्य vocative case Equivalent to "O gentle Sir!" "O good Sir!" "O excellent man!" as the proper mode of addressing a Bra1hman Brahman Mn. ii, 125) S3Br. etc. etc.
    5. mf(/ई or आ)neuter gender auspicious (said of birds, planets etc.; especially of the Nakshatras नक्षत्र s Mr2iga-s3iras मृग-शिरस्, Citra1 चित्रा, Anura1dha1 अनुराधा, and Revati1 रेवती) R. VarBr2S. Hariv. S3a1rn3gS.
    6. mf(/ई or आ)neuter gender happy, pleasant, cheerful MW.
    7. masculine gender a Soma सोम sacrifice Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender an adherent, worshipper BhP.
    9. masculine gender a Bra1hman Brahman Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender patronymic of Budha बुध or the planet Mercury VarBr2S.
    11. masculine gender of the Vedic R2ishi ऋषि Budha बुध (author of fg-veda x, 1) RAnukr.
    12. masculine gender the left hand Hcat.
    13. masculine gender Ficus Glomerata Lexicographers
    14. masculine gender the fifteenth cubit (अरत्नि) from the bottom or the third from the top of the sacrificial post Lexicographers
    15. masculine gender (in anatomy) the blood before it becomes red, serum W.
    16. masculine gender the gastric juice MW.
    17. masculine gender the month Ma1rgas3i1rsha मार्गशीर्ष Hcat.
    18. masculine gender Name of the 43rd (or 17th) year in the 60 years' cycle of Jupiter VarBr2S.
    19. masculine gender (plural) the people of Soma सोम S3a1n3khGr2.
    20. masculine gender a particular class of deceased ancestors Mn. iii, 199
    21. masculine gender neuter gender a particular penance (see -कृच्छ्र) Ya1jn5. Ga1rud2aP.
    22. masculine gender Name of a Dvi1pa द्वीप of the earth or of Bharatavarsha भरतवर्ष Pur.
    23. masculine gender of the 7th astrology Yuga युग Jyot.
    24. neuter gender the nature or condition of Soma सोम AV.
    25. neuter gender gentleness MBh. Pan5cat. the Nakshatra नक्षत्र Mr2iga-s3iras मृग-शिरस् (presided over by the Moon) MaitrUp. Hariv. (according to to Ni1lak. "Wednesday")
    26. neuter gender the left eye Lexicographers
    27. neuter gender the middle of the hand Lexicographers
    28. neuter gender Name of the fifth Muhu1rta मुहूर्त catalogue or catalogues
    29. neuter gender (scilicet अद्भुत) a particular kind of omen or prodigy (occurring in the Diva दिव or sky) MW.
    30. etc. see column 1.
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  2. असौम्यasaumyamfn. unlovely, disagreeable, displeasing VP.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unlovely, disagreeable, displeasing VP.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unpropitious R. i, 74, 10.
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  3. ऐन्द्रासौम्यaindrāsaumyamfn. belonging to Indra इन्द्र and Soma सोम S3Br. Ka1tyS3r.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective belonging to Indra इन्द्र and Soma सोम S3Br. Ka1tyS3r.

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  4. सौम्यकृच्छ्रsaumyakṛcchram. n. a kind of penance (described as subsisting for 5 days, severally, on sesamum, water of boiled rice…

    masculine gender neuter gender a kind of penance (described as subsisting for 5 days, severally, on sesamum, water of boiled rice, butter-milk water parched grain, and fasting on the 6th day) W.

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  5. सौम्यगन्धाsaumyagandhāf. a kind of flower L.

    feminine a kind of flower Lexicographers

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  6. सौम्यगन्धीsaumyagandhīf. id. ib.
    1. feminine the same ibidem
    2. feminine the Indian white rose MW.
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  7. सौम्यगिरिsaumyagirim. N. of a mountain Hariv.

    masculine gender Name of a mountain Hariv.

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