sāman | सामन् | sAman
1. sā/man | सा/मन् | n. (fr. √ 1. sā | सा | = 1. san | सन् |) acquisition, possession, property, wealth, abundance, RV.; VS.
2. sā/man | सा/मन् | n. (m. only in TBr.; prob. connected with √ sāntv | सान्त्व् |; accord. to some fr. √ 1. sā | सा |; cf. 3. sāman | सामन् |) calming, tranquillizing, (esp.) kind or gentle words for winning an adversary, conciliation, negotiation (one of the 4 Upāyas or means of success against an enemy, the other 3 being dāna | दान |, Beda | Bएद |, and daṛqa | दऋक़ |, qq.vv.; ibc. or instr. sg. and pl., ‘by friendly means or in a friendly way, willingly, voluntarily’), TBr.; &c.
3. sā/man | सा/मन् | n. (of doubtful derivation; accord. to Uṇ. iv, 152 fr. √ so | सो | = 2. sā | सा |, as ‘destroying sin’; in Nir. vii, 12 apparently connected with sammita | सम्मित |; by others derived fr. √ 1. san | सन् |, sā | सा |, sāntv | सान्त्व् |, and perhaps not to be separated fr. 1. and 2. sāman | सामन् |) a metrical hymn or song of praise, (esp.) a partic. kind of sacred text or verse called a Sāman (intended to be chanted, and forming, with fc | फ़्च् |, yajus | यजुस् |, Candas | Cअन्दस् |, 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.)
2. sā/man | सा/मन् | n. (m. only in TBr.; prob. connected with √ sāntv | सान्त्व् |; accord. to some fr. √ 1. sā | सा |; cf. 3. sāman | सामन् |) calming, tranquillizing, (esp.) kind or gentle words for winning an adversary, conciliation, negotiation (one of the 4 Upāyas or means of success against an enemy, the other 3 being dāna | दान |, Beda | Bएद |, and daṛqa | दऋक़ |, qq.vv.; ibc. or instr. sg. and pl., ‘by friendly means or in a friendly way, willingly, voluntarily’), TBr.; &c.
3. sā/man | सा/मन् | n. (of doubtful derivation; accord. to Uṇ. iv, 152 fr. √ so | सो | = 2. sā | सा |, as ‘destroying sin’; in Nir. vii, 12 apparently connected with sammita | सम्मित |; by others derived fr. √ 1. san | सन् |, sā | सा |, sāntv | सान्त्व् |, and perhaps not to be separated fr. 1. and 2. sāman | सामन् |) a metrical hymn or song of praise, (esp.) a partic. kind of sacred text or verse called a Sāman (intended to be chanted, and forming, with fc | फ़्च् |, yajus | यजुस् |, Candas | Cअन्दस् |, 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.)