1. sāman
1. sāman n. ( fr. √ 1. sā = 1. san) acquisition, possession, property, wealth, abundance, RV. ; VS.
The corpus record — Sanskrit
samāno
1. sāman n. ( fr. √ 1. sā = 1. san) acquisition, possession, property, wealth, abundance, RV. ; VS.
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Distribution
- Prasna Upanisad 9 · 13.78/10k
- Svetasvatara Upanisad 1 · 5.82/10k
- Taittiriya Upanisad 3 · 5.66/10k
- Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 22 · 2.91/10k
- Chandogya Upanisad 10 · 2.13/10k
- Aitareya Upanisad 1 · 2.06/10k
Senses
2. sāman
2. sāman n. ( m. only in TBr. ; prob. connected with √ sāntv; accord. to some fr. √ 1. sā; cf. 3. sāman) calming, tranquillizing, ( esp. ) kind or gentle words for winning an adversary, conciliation, negotiation (one of the 4 Upāya s or means of success against an enemy, the other 3 being dāna, bhed
3. sāman
3. sāman n. (of doubtful derivation; accord. to Uṇ. iv, 152 fr. √ so = 2. sā, as ‘destroying sin’; in Nir. vii, 12 apparently connected with sammita; by others derived fr. √ 1. san, sā, sāntv, and perhaps not to be separated fr. 1. and 2. sāman) a metrical hymn or song of praise, ( esp. ) a partic.
Attestations
- samāno Aitareya Upanisad aitup_1,1.1
- sāmāni Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,2.5
- sāmāni Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,2.6
- samāno Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.3
- samānaḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.4
- samāne Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_2,1.3
6 of 46 attestations shown.
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- vol. 3, scan p. 944; entry #18873 Review: Under source audit
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