ṣmaṣā | ष्मषा | SmaSA
ṣmaṣā/ | ष्मषा/ | f. (prob. connected with aṣman | अष्मन् |) the elevated ridge or edge of a trench or ditch or channel for water or of a vessel, RV. x, 105, 1 (but in ŚBr. the m. pl. ṣmaṣā/ḥ | ष्मषा/ः | is said to mean those deceased ancestors who consume or eat the oblations [?], and a comp. ṣmaṣānna/ | ष्मषान्न/ | is formed to explain ṣmaṣāna | ष्मषान |)