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सामन् n. 1.n. (fr. √ 1.सा = सन्1) acquisition, possession, property, wealth, abundance, [RV.] ; [VS.] सामन् m. 2.n. (m. only in [TBr.] ; prob. connected with √ सान्त्व्; accord. to some fr. √ 1.सा; cf. 3.सामन्) calming, tranquillizing, (esp. ) kind or gentle words for winning an adversary, conciliation, negotiation (one of the 4 उपायs or means of success against an enemy, the other 3 being दान, भेद, and दण्ड, q.v. ; ibc. or instr. sg. and pl. , ‘by friendly means or in a friendly way, willingly, voluntarily’), [TBr.] ; &c. सामन् n. 3.n. (of doubtful derivation; accord. to [Uṇ. iv, 152] fr. √ सो = सा2, as ‘destroying sin’; in [Nir. vii, 12] apparently connected with सम्मित; by others derived fr. √ 1.सन्, सा, सान्त्व्, and perhaps not to be separated fr. 1. and 2. सामन्) a metrical hymn or song of praise, (esp. ) a partic. kind of sacred text or verse called a सामन् (intended to be chanted, and forming, with ऋच्, यजुस्, छन्दस्, one of the 4 kinds of Vedic composition mentioned first in [RV. x, 90, 9] ), [RV.] &c. &c. any song or tune (sacred or profane, also the hum of bees), [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] &c. the faculty of uttering sounds (?), [TBr.] (Sch. )
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