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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 शम्या

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शम्याśamyāA wooden stick or post.

    [शम्-यत् टाप्]

    1. A wooden stick or post.
    2. A staff, a measure of length (Equivalent to 36 Aṅgulas).
    3. The pin of a yoke.
    4. A kind of cymbal; वीणा नैवाद्य वाद्यन्ते शम्यातालस्वनैः सह Mb.7.72.12.
    5. A sacrificial vessel.
    6. A kind of medical instrument.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -क्षेपः, -पातः the distance that a staff can be thrown; the cast of a staff; शम्यापातेनाभ्यतीयाद्वेदीभिश्चित्रयन् महीम् Mb.12.29.95; Ms.8.237.

    • -ग्राहः one who plays the cymbal; Rām. 2.91.49.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शम्याśamyāf. see next.
    1. feminine see next.
    2. feminine a stick, staff, (especially) a wooden pin or peg, wedge etc. fg-veda AV. Breton Gr2S3rS.
    3. feminine the pin of a yoke (see युग-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    4. feminine a particular instrument used in the treatment of hemorrhoids Va1gbh.
    5. feminine a sacrificial vessel W.
    6. feminine a kind of cymbal or other musical instrument (Equivalent to ताल-विशेष) MW.
    7. feminine a particular measure of length Equivalent to 36 An3gulas अङ्गुल s VarBr2. (or Equivalent to 32 A An3gulas अङ्गुल s Ka1tyS3r. Scholiast or Commentator; confer, compare -क्षेप, -निपा*त etc. below)
    8. feminine dual number (धुरोः शम्ये) Name of two S3a1mans शामन् s A1rshBr.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शम्याśamyā[sámyâ] f. stick, wooden pin, peg, wedge (V.).

    [sámyâ] feminine; also equal for stick, wooden pin, peg, wedge (Veda, Vedic).

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · शम्या

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