श्मन् श्मश्रु

श्मशान

श्मशान [श्मानः शवाः शेरतेऽत्र शी-आ- नच् डिच्च Tv.]
A cemetery, a burial or burning ground; राजद्वारे श्मशाने च यस्तिष्ठति स बांधवः Subhāsh.
−Comp.
−अग्निः the fire of a burning ground.
−आलयः a cemetery.
−गोचर a. frequenting burning grounds; Ms. 10. 39. −निवासिन्, -व- र्तिन्, −वासिन् m. a ghost. −भाज्, −वासि- न् m. epithets of Śiva.
−वाटः an enclosure of the cemetery; Māl. 5.
−वेश्मन् m. 1. an epithet of Śiva. −2. a spirit, ghost.
−वैराग्यं temporary despondency, momentary renunciation of the world as at the sight of a cemetery. −शूलः −लं an impaling stake in a cemetery; Ku. 5. 73.
−साधनं performance of magical rites in a cemetery to acquire control over ghosts.

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