Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

śmaśāna श्मशान – cremation ground

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cremation ground

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

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śmaśāná ·n. cemetery (for burning or burying the dead), place of execution; funeral rite.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

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śmaśāna śmaśāna, am, n. (according to Ni- rukta III. 5. fr. śma for śman = śarīra + śāna = śayana; or fr. śma = śarīram + śṛṇāti or śam- nāti; according to others = aśma-śayana), ‘a place of repose for bodies, place for destroying bodies,’ a cemetery, sepulchre, burning or burial-ground, (pāre- śmaśānam, beyond the cemetery); = brahma-ran- dhra, q. v.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter

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śmaśāná NIR. 3,5 (= śmaśayana). gaṇa pṛṣodarādi zu P. 6,3,109. n. SIDDH. K. 249,a,8. SIDDH. K. 249,a,9. 1〉 (aufgedämmter Raum) Leichenstätte (sowohl für das Verbrennen der Leiche als zum Begräbniss der Gebeine; auch als Richtstätte benutzt) AK. 2,8,2,87. TRIK. 2,8,61. H. 989. HALĀY. 3,16. kūpa, śma˚ AV. 5,31,8. AV. 10,1,18. TS. 5,2,8,5. ŚAT. BR. 4,5,2,15. ŚAT. BR. 13,8,1,1. ŚAT. BR. 13,8,1,5. ŚAT. BR. 13,8,1,7. ŚAT. BR. 13,8,1,17. KĀTY. ŚR. 21,4,25. KĀTY. ŚR. 25,8,2. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,5,5. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4,1,12. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4,1,15. GOBHILA 2,4,2. KAUŚ. 37. KAUŚ. 46. KAUŚ. 77. KAUŚ. 84. KAUŚ. 86. KAUŚ. 141. niṣekādiśmaśānānta M. 2,16. M. 4,116. M. 9,318. M. 10,39. M. 10,50. MBH. 3,15686. MBH. 5,5171. SUŚR. 1,134,18. SUŚR. 1,367,1. Spr. (II) 1221. Spr. (II) 2052. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 45,9. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 51,4. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,120. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 79,3. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 86,78. KATHĀS. 18,104. KATHĀS. 18,139. KATHĀS. 38,63. BHĀG. P. 3,14,24. BHĀG. P. 3,32,20. BHĀG. P. 8,7,33. VET. in LA. (III) 13,17. pāreśmaśānam MĀLATĪM. 79,19. ˚karaṇá n. ṢAḌV. BR. 2,10. ŚAT. BR. 13,8,1. ŚAT. BR. 13,8,7. ŚAT. BR. 13,8,9. ˚cit ein śma˚ schichtend TS. 5,2,8,5. wie ein śma˚ geschichtet TS. 4,11,3. KĀṬH. 21,4. — 2〉 = pitṛmedha Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 25,8,7. vivāhaśmaśānayoḥ PĀR. GṚHY. 1,8 (9). — 3〉 = brahmarandhra Verz. d. Oxf. H. 235,a,19. — Vgl. mahā˚ (eine grosse Leichenstätte VET. in LA. (III) 3,10), śmāśānika.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

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śmaśāná n. — 1〉 Leichenstätte (sowohl für das Verbrennen der Leichen als zum Begräbniss der Gebeine; auch als Richtstätte benutzt). — 2〉 Manenopfer. — 3〉 = brahmarandhra.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

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śmaśānaṃ [śmānaḥ śavāḥ śerate'tra śī-ānac ḍicca Tv.] A cemetery, a burial or burning ground; rājadvāre śmaśāne ca yastiṣṭhati sa bāṃdhavaḥ Subhāṣ. Comp. — agniḥ the fire of a burning ground. — ālayaḥ a cemetery. — gocara a. frequenting burning grounds; Ms. 10. 39. — nivāsin, — vartin, -vāsin m. a ghost. — bhāj, — vāsin m. epithets of Śiva. — vāṭaḥ an enclosure of the cemetery; Māl. 5. — veśman m. 1 an epithet of Śiva. 2 a spirit, ghost. — vairāgyaṃ temporary despondency, momentary renunciation of the world as at the sight of a cemetery. — śūlaḥ -laṃ an impaling stake in a cemetery; Ku. 5. 73. — sādhanaṃ performance of magical rites in a cemetery to acquire control over ghosts.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

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śmaśāná n. Leichenplatz.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

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śmaśāna śmaśāna n. cimetière, lieu où l'on brûle les morts. śmaśānavāsin a. (vas) qui hante les cimetières. — S. m. esprit impur, démon. śmaśānaveśman m. Śiva.

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DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 108–111: Suṣumnā 1 occurrence

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 3.1-3.5: Foundation of Kuṇḍalinī 1 occurrence

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