Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

śamana शमन – god of death; subduer

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

god of death; subduer

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

śamana ·a. (f. ī) & n. tranquillizing, stilling, allaying; n. also killing, destroying.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

Śamana, am, n. the act of appeasing, allaying, tranquillizing, soothing, consoling, calming, suppress- ing, &c.; tranquillity, calmness, indifference; cessa- tion, termination, end, destruction, (śamanaṃ yā, to go to annihilation, be destroyed); hurting, injur- ing, injury; killing (animals for sacrifice), immola- tion; a mode of rinsing the mouth; swallowing, chewing; malediction, reviling, (for śapana ?); (as), m. ‘the settler or destroyer,’ epithet of Yama; an antelope; (ī), f. night.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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śamana (vom caus. von 2. śam) 1〉 adj. (f. ī) beruhigend, stillend, besänftigend, beschwichtigend, zu Nichte machend: Śiva MBH. 12,10432. HARIV. 7429. gaṇḍūṣa Verz. d. Oxf. H. 304,b,41. SUŚR. 1,34,1. P. 5,1,38, Vārtt. 1. KĀM. NĪTIS. 10,14. sarvapāpānām HARIV. 13932. na jātu śamanaṃ yasyaṃ tejastejasvitejasām Spr. (II) 3243. kṣudvyādheḥ Spr. (I) 3124. PAÑCAR. 4,1,42. mit dem obj. compon.: pṛṣṭha˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 24,6,14 (vgl. pṛṣṭhaśamanīya unter śamanīya). rudra˚ MUIR, ST. 4,334, N. 304. tava Vernichter, Garausmacher CHANDOM. 116. (kālacakram) śamanaṃ sarvabhūtānām MBH. 3,12985. pāpa˚ ṢAḌV. BR. 5,3. ariṣṭa˚ MBH. 13,3139. nirvicchamana KATHĀS. 39,199. tṛṣṇāsaṃtāpa˚ KATHĀS. 120,116. KATHĀS. 36,85. svatejaḥ˚ MĀRK. P. 78,14. durvṛttavṛtta˚ MĀRK. P. 84,20. sarvāparādha˚ PAÑCAR. 4,3,174. duḥkha˚ BHĀG. P. 12,13,23. yuddhaṃ ca kṣatraśamanam MBH. 2,508. sapatna˚ MBH. 3,8243. yuddhe trailokyaśamane MBH. 12,13277. vidyāṃ śamanīṃ sarvakarmaṇām zu Nichte machend BHĀG. P. 3,24,40. — 2〉 m. a〉 ein N. Yamaʼs, der Alle zur Ruhe bringt, AK. 1,1,1,54. TRIK. 3,3,266. H. 185. H. an. 3,422. MED. n. 137. HALĀY. 1,71. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 103,a,30. DAŚAK. 19,8. — b〉 eine Gazellenart ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR. — c〉 eine Erbsenart RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — 3〉 f. ī Nacht ŚKDR. und WILSON; geschlossen aus śamanīṣada. — 4〉 n. a〉 das Stillen, Beruhigen, Besänftigen, Beschwichtigen, Auslöschen, zu-Nichte-Machen; = śama TRIK. 3,2,9. = śānti H. an. (śānta Druckfehler) und MED. — KAUŚ. 43. KAUŚ. 52. SUŚR. 1,8,18. mṛtyoḥ MBH. 6,1943. krudhaḥ Spr. (II) 2329. roga˚ MBH. 12,5988. pāpa˚ HARIV. 1359. darpa˚ HARIV. 10794. darpajvara˚ Spr. (II) 606. duḥkha˚ Spr. (II) 1430. parārti˚ Spr. (II) 3898. vivāda˚ LIṄGA-P._bei_MUIR, ST. 4,326,7. MUIR, ST. 4,330,7. ahalyāśāpa˚ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 29,b,1. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 29,b,2. vāstu˚ Besänftigung so v. a. lustratio R. 2,56,18 (vgl. vāstūpaśamana Verz. d. Oxf. H. 43,a,8. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 43,a,9). — b〉 das Tödten, Schlachten AK. 2,7,25. TRIK. 3,3,266. H. 830, Schol. H. an. MED. vaśā˚ KAUŚ. 44. — c〉 das Kauen DHAR._im_ŚKDR. — Vgl. pāpa˚, pitta˚, manyu˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

śamana — 1〉 Adj. (f. ī) — a〉 beruhigend, stillend, besänftigend, beschwichtigend. — b〉 zu Nichte machend, Jmd den Garaus machend. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Bein. Yamaʼs. — b〉 *eine Gazellenart. — c〉 *eine Erbsenart. — 3〉 *f. ī Nacht. Geschlossen aus śamanīṣada. — 4〉 n. — a〉 das Stillen, Beruhigen, Besänftigen, Beschwichten. — b〉 das zu Nichte Machen, Tödten, Schlachten. — c〉 *das Kauen.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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śamana a. nī f. [śam ṇic lyu lyuṭ vā] Quelling, allaying, subduing &c. — naṃ 1 Appeasing, allaying, soothing, conquering, alleviating, &c. 2 Calmness, tranquillity. 3 End, stop, cessation, destruction. 4 Hurting, injuring. 5 Killing animals for sacrifice, immolation. 6 Swallowing, chewing. — naḥ 1 A kind of deer, an antelope. 2 N of Yama, the god of death. Comp. — svasṛ f. 'Yama's sister', epithet of the river Yamunā.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

śamana, f. ī beruhigend, stillend, vernichtend. n. Beruhigung, Stillung, das Aufhören; Töten Schlachten.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

śamana n. action de calmer, de se calmer; calme; quiétude produite par la méditation. Meurtre; immolation d'un animal. Qqf. pour śapana. — M. Yama. Antilope. — F. śamanī la nuit.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 3.94-3.102*1: Śakti Cālana 1 occurrence

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HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.0*1–5: Sītkā, Śītalī and Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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