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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for शमन

3 dictionaries · exact headword

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.

    Source: Apte

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.
    Source: Monier-Williams

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.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · शमन

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