प्रशम्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From प्र- (pra-) +‎ शम् (śam, root)

Root

प्रशम् • (praśam)

to become calm or tranquil,[1] to be pacified or soothed,[1] to settle down (as dust)[1]
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
- c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
to be allayed or extinguished,[1] cease,[1] disappear,[1] fade away[1]
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
- c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti

Derived terms

Primary Verbal Forms

प्रशाम्यति (praśāmyati, Present)

Secondary Forms

प्रशमयति (praśamayati, Causative)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “प्रशम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 695.

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