samā

calmness, tranquillity, mental quiet Snp.896. samaṃ carati to become calm quiescent Ja.iv.172. Cp. -cariyā & ˚cārin.

fr. śam: see sammati¹

feminine

1. a year Dhp.106; Mhvs.7, Mhvs.78.
2. in agginisamā a pyre Snp.668, Snp.670.

Vedic samā

1. black, dark (something like deep brown) Vin.iv.120 (kāḷasāma dark blue [?]) DN.i.193; MN.i.246 (different from kāḷa); Ja.vi.187 (˚aṃ mukhaṃ dark, i.e. on account of bad spirits); Vism.422 (opp. to odāta in colour of skin).
2. yellow, of a golden colour, beautiful Ja.ii.44 Ja.ii.45 (migī); Ja.v.215 (suvaṇṇa-sāmā), Ja.v.366 (suvaṇṇa-vaṇṇa)-f. sāmā, q.v

■ See sabala.

cp. Vedic śyāma black & śyāva brown; Av. syāva; Ags. hāēven blue (= E. heaven); Gr. σκοιός, σκιά (shadow) = Sk. chāyā; Goth. skeinan = shine, etc.

feminine a medicinal plant Ja.iv.92 (bhisasāmā, C. bhisāni ca sāmākā ca); the Priyangu creeper Ja.i.500; Ja.v.405.

Sk. śyāmā Halāyudha 2, 38; see sāma¹, sāmalatā, and sāmāka