शमन

{ śamana }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : दमन

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

शमन n.  सावर्णि मनु के पुत्रों में से एक ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   śamana n S Quieting, stilling, calming, composing. 2 In medicine. Allaying or soothing. See सप्तोचार. 3 A composer or settler; a medicine or a measure that assuages or abates pain or excitement; an anodyne. Ex. पित्ताचें शमन सुंठसाकर. 4 Becoming quiet, still, calm, composed.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 n   Quieting. A settler. Becoming calm. Allaying.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

   See : नियमन

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शमन  mfn.  mf( ई)n. calming, tranquillizing, soothing, allaying, extinguishing, destroying, KātyŚr.; [MBh.] &c.
शमन  m.  m. ‘settler, destroyer’, N. of यम, [Daś.]
   a kind of antelope, [L.]
   a kind of pea, [L.]
शमन  n.  n. the act of calming, appeasing, allaying, tranquillization, pacification, extinction, destruction, [Kauś.]; [MBh.] &c. killing, slaying, immolation, [Kauś.]
   chewing, swallowing, [L.]
चमन   a mode of sipping water ( prob. for ), [MW.]
शपन   malediction, reviling ( w.r. for ), [W.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शमन [śamana] a.  a. (-नी f.) [शम् णिच् ल्यु ल्युट् वा] Quelling, allaying, subduing &c.
   नम् Appeasing, allaying, soothing, conquering, alleviating, &c.
   Calmness, tranquillity.
   End, stop, cessation, destruction.
   Hurting, injuring; destroying; सपत्नशमनम् [Mb.3.85.11.]
   Killing animals for sacrifice, immolation.
   Swallowing, chewing.
   नः A kind of deer, an antelope.
  N. N. of Yama, the god of death; शतशस्तत्र यवनाः शम- नातिथयोऽभवन् [Śiva.B.14.94.]
   A kind of pea. -Comp.
-स्वसृ  f. f. 'Yama's sister', epithet of the river Yamunā.

Shabda-Sagara

शमन  n.  ( -नं)
   1. Killing animals for sacrifice, immolation.
   2. Mental tranquillity, calmness, indifference.
   3. Abuse, malediction.
   4. Hurt, injury.
   5. Chewing, swallowing.
   6. The act of appeasing, soothing, consoling.
   7. Cessation, end, destruction.
  m.  ( -नः)
   1. YAMA, the ruler of Tartarus.
   2. An antelope.
  f.  ( -नी) Night.
    E. शम् to be tranquil, aff. ल्युट् or युच् .

ROOTS:

शम् ल्युट् युच् .