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Samma
a term of familiar address DN.i.49 , DN.i.225 ; DN-a.i.151 ; Vin.ii.161 ; Ja.i.59 ; Pv-a.204 ; plur. sammā Vin.ii.161 . as to etym. Andersen, P. Reader ii.263 quite plausibly connects it with Vedic śam (indecl.) “hail”, which is often used in a vocative sense, esp. in combination śam ca yos ca “hail
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1. صَممَ
a term of familiar address DN.i.49, DN.i.225; DN-a.i.151; Vin.ii.161; Ja.i.59; Pv-a.204; plur. sammā Vin.ii.161.
as to etym. Andersen, P. Reader ii.263 quite plausibly connects it with Vedic śam (indecl.) “hail”, which is often used in a vocative sense, esp. in combination śam ca yos ca “hail & blessing!”, but also suggests relation to sammā. Other suggestions see Andersen s.v.
2. Sammā
a pin of the yoke Abhp.449; a kind of sacrificial instrument Snp-a.321 (sammaṃ ettha pāsantī ti sammāpāso; and sātrā-yāgass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ). Cp. Weber Indische Streifen i.36, and sammāpāsa below.
cp. Sk. śamyā
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