सौमनस

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

SAUMANASA I   One of the eight elephants supporting the globe. (See under Aṣṭadiggajas).
SAUMANASA II   The peak of a mountain. It was on this golden peak, with a girth of one yojana and an elevation of ten yojanas, that Bhagavān Viṣṇu placed the first of his three steps during the incarnation as Vāmana, the second step being on the peak of Meru and the third on the head of Mahābali. “There is a golden peak called Saumanasa, with girth of one yojana and a height of ten yojanas. It is said that in days of yore Mahāviṣṇu placed the first of his three steps on this peak the second being on the peak of Meru.” Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa. Kiṣkindhā kāṇḍa, Sarga 40).

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सौमनस  mfn.  mf( ई)n. ( fr. सु-मनस्) coming from or consisting of flowers, floral, flowery, [Śiś.]; [Pārśvan.]
   agreeable to the feelings, pleasing, [W.]
सौमनस  m.  m. cheerfulness, enjoyment, comfort, [VS.]; [AV.]
कर्म-मास    N. of the eighth day of the civil month (= ), [IndSt.]

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कर्म मास

   of the elephant of the western quarter, [R.]
   of a mountain, ib.; [Hariv.]
सौमनस  n.  n. benevolence, kindness, favour, [RV.]
   pleasure, satisfaction, ib.; [AV.]
सौमनस  f.  n. the nutmeg ( cf. ई f.), [L.]
सौमनस  n.  n. N. of a peak of a mountain, [R.] ( B.)

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

सौमनस [saumanasa] a.  a. (-सा or
-सी  f. f.) [सुमनस्-अण्]
   Agreeable to the feelings, pleasing.
   Relating to flowers, floral; मम न सौमनसौ मनसो मुदे [Śi.6.12.]
   सम् Kindliness of spirit, benevolence, kindness.
   Pleasure, satisfaction.
   The nutmeg.

Shabda-Sagara

सौमनस  mfn.  ( -सः-सा or -सी-सं)
   1. Floral, flowery, relating to flowers.
   2. Agreeable, pleasing.
  n.  ( -स)
   1. Benevolence.
   2. Pleasure.
    E. सुमनस् content, and अण् aff.

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सुमनस् अण्