Samana, Śamana, Samāna, Samaṇa, Samanā, Śāmana, Sāmana, Samānā, Shamana: 39 definitions
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Samana has 38 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Śamana and Śāmana can be transliterated into English as Samana or Shamana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚamana (शमन):—(vom caus. von 2. śam)
1) adj. (f. ī) beruhigend, stillend, besänftigend, beschwichtigend, zu Nichte machend: Śiva [Mahābhārata 12, 10432.] [Harivaṃśa 7429.] gaṇḍūṣa [Oxforder Handschriften 304], b, [?41. Suśruta 1, 34, 1. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 38, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1. KĀM. NĪTIS. 10, 14.] sarvapāpānām [Harivaṃśa 13932.] na jātu śamanaṃ yasyaṃ tejastejasvitejasām [Spr. (II) 3243.] kṣudvyādheḥ [(I) 3124.] [PAÑCAR. 4, 1, 42.] mit dem obj. compon.: pṛṣṭha [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 24, 6, 14] (vgl. pṛṣṭhaśamanīya unter śamanīya). rudra [MUIR, Stenzler 4, 334, Nalopākhyāna 304.] tava Vernichter, Garausmacher [Chandomañjarī 116.] (kālacakram) śamanaṃ sarvabhūtānām [Mahābhārata 3, 12985.] pāpa [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 5, 3.] ariṣṭa [Mahābhārata 13, 3139.] nirvicchamana [Kathāsaritsāgara 39, 199.] tṛṣṇāsaṃtāpa [120, 116. 36, 85.] svatejaḥ [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 78, 14.] durvṛttavṛtta [84, 20.] sarvāparādha [PAÑCAR. 4, 3, 174.] duḥkha [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 13, 23.] yuddhaṃ ca kṣatraśamanam [Mahābhārata 2, 508.] sapatna [3, 8243.] yuddhe trailokyaśamane [12, 13277.] vidyāṃ śamanīṃ sarvakarmaṇām zu Nichte machend [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 24, 40.] —
2) m. a) ein N. Yama's, der Alle zur Ruhe bringt, [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 54.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 266.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 185.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 422.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 137.] [Halāyudha 1, 71.] [Oxforder Handschriften 103], a, [30.] [Daśakumāracarita 19, 8.] — b) eine Gazellenart [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) eine Erbsenart [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) f. ī Nacht [Śabdakalpadruma] und [WILSON]; geschlossen aus śamanīṣada . —
4) n. a) das Stillen, Beruhigen, Besänftigen, Beschwichtigen, Auslöschen, zu-Nichte-Machen; = śama [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 9.] = śānti [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] (śānta Druckfehler) und [Medinīkoṣa -] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 43. 52.] [Suśruta 1, 8, 18.] mṛtyoḥ [Mahābhārata 6, 1943.] krudhaḥ [Spr. (II) 2329.] roga [Mahābhārata 12, 5988.] pāpa [Harivaṃśa 1359.] darpa [10794.] darpajvara [Spr. (II) 606.] duḥkha [1430.] parārti [3898.] vivāda [Liṅgapurāṇa] bei [MUIR, Stenzler 4, 326, 7. 330, 7.] ahalyāśāpa [Oxforder Handschriften 29], b, [1. 2.] vāstu Besänftigung so v. a. lustratio [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 56, 18] (vgl. vāstūpaśamana [Oxforder Handschriften 43], a, [8. 9]). — b) das Tödten, Schlachten [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 25.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 266.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 830,] [Scholiast] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] vaśā [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 44.] — c) das Kauen [Dharaṇīkoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. pāpa, pitta, manyu .
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Śāmana (शामन):—(vom caus. von 2. śam)
1) n. killing, slaughter; tranquillity, peace [WILSON] nach [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] Vgl. śamana und [Spr. (II) 3243.] —
2) f. ī der Osten [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Sanmāna (सन्मान):—(sant + māna) m. eine gute Meinung: kara Achtung einflössend [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 11, 36.] wohl fehlerhaft für saṃmāna, wofür auch sonst häufig sanmāna geschrieben wird.
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Samana (समन):—
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Samana (समन):—2. s. 2. a .
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Samanā (समना):—
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Samāna (समान):—
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Samāna (समान):—2. (von 2. an mit sam) m. eine der fictiven Arten des Athems, in der Medicin gefasst als der Hauch, welcher, im Magen und in den Gedärmen thätig, das Feuer der Verdauung schürt, Durchfall und andere Krankheiten hervorbringt. [Hindu System of Medicine 43.] [Suśruta.1,250,7. 15.] [Amarakoṣa.1,1,1,59.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.3,3,268.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1109.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha.3,430.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 146.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 10,2,13.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 22,33.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa.1,7.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10,1,4,6. 11,8,3,6. 14,4,3,10.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 2. 73.] [Praśnopaniṣad.3,5. 8.] [MAITRYUP.2,6.] [AMṚTAN. Upakośā] in [Weber’s Indische Studien.9,36. fg.] [Mahābhārata.3,13964. 12,6844. 14,612. fgg.] [Oxforder Handschriften 225,b,3. 4. 231,a,40.] [Vedānta lecture No. 54.] personificirt als ein Sohn der Sādhya [Mahābhārata 12, 12396.]
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Samāna (समान):—3. (2. sa + 1. māna) adj.
1) in Achtung stehend bei (gen.) [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 1, 15.] —
2) nebst Groll [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 16, 36.]
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Sāmana (सामन):—(von sāman)
1) adj. (f. ā) gaṇa pāmādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 100. Scholiast] zu [6, 4, 135. 167.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 7, 21.]
1) (zu 1. sāman) reich, Ueberfluss habend: bhūmi [Ṛgveda 3, 30, 9.] — b) (etwa zu 3. sāman, zugleich Wortspiel mit 2. sāman) ruhig, stätig: ṛ.sā.ābhyāma.hihitau.gāvau te sāma.āvitaḥ [Ṛgveda 10, 85, 11.] —
2) f. ī Koppel (v. l. für dāmanī) [Sārasundarī] zu [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 74] nach [Śabdakalpadruma]
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Partial matches: Sam, Aana, Cam, Sha, Ca, Mana, Ana.
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Ends with (+173): Abhashamana, Abhibhashamana, Abhinivishamana, Abubutsamana, Acakshamana, Achakshamana, Addissamana, Adissamana, Akshamana, Amanasamana, Amshamana, Anabhasamana, Anapekshamana, Anavekshamana, Angamardaprashamana, Angamarshaprashamana, Anivishamana, Anuprashamana, Anveshamana, Apamrityuprashamana.
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Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
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Chapter 3h: The Samana < [Book 4 - The Solving of Dilemmas]
Chapter 6i: The guilty recluse < [Book 4 - The Solving of Dilemmas]
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