Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

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 स्म

3 dictionaries · exact headword

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

स्मsmaind.A particle added to the present tense of verbs (or to present participles) and giving them the sense of the…
1. A particle added to the present tense of verbs (or to present participles) and giving them the sense of the past tense; भासुरको नाम सिंहः प्रतिवसति स्म Pt.1; क्रीणन्ति स्म प्राणमूल्यैर्यशांसि Śi.18.15.
2. A pleonastic particle (generally added to the prohibitive particle मा quod vide, which see); भर्तुर्विप्रकृतापि रोषणतया मास्म प्रतीपं गमः Ś.4.18; मास्म सीमन्तिनी काचिज्जनयेत् पुत्रमीदृशम् H.2.7.
3. A particle giving a sense of 'ever', 'always' or 'indeed', 'verily' and like; उवाच विप्राः प्रतिनन्द्य पार्थिवं मुदा मुनीनां सदसि स्म शृण्वताम् Bhāg.8.1.33.
Source: Apte

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

स्मsmaind. स्मा, (or ष्म, ष्मा) a particle perhaps originally equivalent to "ever", "always"
1. indeclinable स्मा, (or ष्म, ष्मा) a particle perhaps originally equivalent to "ever", "always"
2. indeclinable and later to "indeed", "certainly", "verily", "surely" (it is often used pleonastically, and in earlier language generally follows a similar particle [especially ह, न], or relative, or preposition or verb, while in later language it frequently follows इति, न and न्/आ [confer, compare 1. म्/आ]; it is also joined with a present tense tense or present tense participle to give them a past sense [exempli gratia, 'for example' प्रविशन्ति स्म, "they entered"]; this use of स्म is also found in the Bra1hman2as ब्राह्मण s and is extended to वेद and आह confer, compare Va1m. v, 2, 46) fg-veda etc. etc.
Source: Monier-Williams

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

स्मsma[sma] encl. pcl. (V. also smâ, shma) orig. prob.=ever, later also certainly, indeed: often, esp. in C.…

[sma] encliti pcl. (Veda, Vedic also smâ, shma) originally probablyEquivalent toever, later also certainly, indeed: often, especially in Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit, attenuated to a mere exple tive; in Veda, Vedic used after other pcls. (especially ha), relatives, prps., and vbs.; in Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit generally after the pcls. iti and mâ; in Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit turns a present into a past tense (though the present sense is in some cases retained).

Source: Macdonell

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