Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

saṃtoṣa संतोष – contentment

substantive masculine

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

contentment

Derived from

  1. sam सम् previx — together; completely
  2. tuṣ तुष् verbal root — be satisfied
  3. a अ suffix — nominal-forming suffix -a
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

saṃtoṣa ·m. = saṃtuṣṭi (p. saṃto°ṣavant & saṃto°ṣin); acc. w. kṛ be satisfied.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

saṃtoṣa (von tuṣ mit sam) 1〉 m. Befriedigung, Zufriedenheit, Genügsamkeit AK. 3,4,32 (28), 5. H. 308. Spr. (II) 855. Spr. (II) 1029. Spr. (II) 1974. na saṃtoṣātparaṃ sukham Spr. (II) 2011. Spr. (II) 2015. Spr. (II) 2082. Spr. (II) 2678. na saṃtoṣaṃ vinā saukhyam Spr. (II) 3520. na saṃtoṣasamaṃ vratam Spr. (II) 3689. Spr. (II) 4090. Spr. (II) 4931. Spr. (II) 5579. ˚mūlaṃ hi sukham Spr. (II) 6798. Spr. (II) 6800. śaucasaṃtoṣatapaḥ svādhyāyeśvarapraṇidhānāni niyamaḥ YOGAS. 2,32. YOGAS. 2,42. H. 82. SARVADARŚANAS. 173,19. SARVADARŚANAS. 174,1. sunīthajīvitaprāptyā saṃtoṣaḥ paramo mama KATHĀS. 45,163. KATHĀS. 50,116. SĀH. D. 191. ˚praśaṃsā Verz. d. Oxf. H. 123,a,41. BHĀG. P. 5,9,1. BHĀG. P. 7,11,9. sa ca vṛddhapatistasyāḥ saṃtoṣāya nābhavat HIT. 28,4. saṃtoṣaṃ paramāsthāya Spr. (II) 6798. āśrayet Spr. (II) 1148. avāpnoti MAITRYUP. 6,29. paraṃ saṃtoṣamīyatuḥ KATHĀS. 29,64. atyānandā na saṃtoṣaṃ grāmyadharmeṇa gacchati SUŚR. 2,397,6. daivāllabdhena BHĀG. P. 3,28,2. yadṛcchayopapannena BHĀG. P. 8,19,25. sadaiva satpuruṣeṇa saṃtoṣaḥ kāryaḥ PAÑCAT. 139,17. ahorātraṃ ca saṃtoṣaḥ kartavyo niyatātmanā . phalairvṛkṣāvapatitaiḥ R. 2,28,12. yathālabdhena R. 2,28,17. Spr. (II) 5429. PAÑCAT. 136,12. saṃtoṣastriṣu kartavyaḥ svadāre bhojye dhane Spr. (II) 6799. yena tena prakāreṇa yasya kasyāpi dehinaḥ . saṃtoṣaṃ janayeddhīmān Spr. (II) 7601. gṛhītasaṃtoṣā KATHĀS. 32,171. a˚ ŚĀK. CH. 146,5. MĀLATĪM. 94,10 (hṛdayasya). BHĀG. 4,8,28. BHĀG. 5,8,17. BHĀG. 7,15,21. arthakāmayoḥ BHĀG. 8,19,25. fg. Personificirt als lobhasya jetā PRAB. 76,1. fgg. als Sohn der Tuṣṭi VP. 55. MĀRK. P. 50,26. unter den Göttern Tuṣita BHĀG. P. 4,1,7. — 2〉 f. ā N. pr. der Mutter Gaṅgādāsaʼs Verz. d. Oxf. H. 198,b, No. 468.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

saṃtoṣa — 1〉 m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) Befriedigung, Zufriedenheit, Genügsamkeit, das Sichbegnügen, Zufriedensein mit (Instr., oder Loc.). Acc. mit kar sich begnügen mit. Auch personificirt als Besieger der Begierde, als ein Sohn der Tuṣṭi und als einer der Götter Tuṣita. — 2〉 f. ā N. pr. einer Frau.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

saṃtoṣaḥ 1 Satisfaction, contentment; saṃtoṣa eva puruṣasya paraṃ nidhānaṃ Subhāṣ. 2 Pleasure, delight, joy. 3 The thumb and fore-finger.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

saṃtoṣa m. = saṃtuṣṭi; Acc. mit kar sich begnügen.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 1.15-1.16*2: Factors of Practice 1 occurrence

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PYS 2 occurrences
PYS 2.30–34: Vows and Counterreflection 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.40–45: Perfected Niyamas 1 occurrence

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