शब्द् शमथ

शम

शम [शम्-घञ्]
1 Quiet, tranquillity, calmness.
2 Rest, calm, repose, cessation.
3 Absence or restraint of passions, mental quietness, quietism; शमरतेऽमरतेजसि पार्थिवे R. 9. 4; Ki. 10. 10; 16. 48, Śi. 2. 94; Bg. 10. 4.
4 Allayment, mitigation, alleviation, satisfaction, pacification (of grief, thirst, hunger &c.); शम- मुपयातु ममापि चित्तदाहः U. 6. 8; शम- मेष्यति मम शोकः कथं नु वत्से Ś. 4. 20.
5 Peace; as in शमोपन्यास Ve. 5.
6 Final emancipation (from all worldly illusions and attachments).
7 The hand.
−Comp.
−अंतकः the god of love (a destroyer of mental tranquillity).
−पर a. tranquil, quiet, stoical.
−प्रधान a. in whom tranquillity or quietism predominates; शमप्रधानेषु तपोधनेषु Ś. 2. 7.

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