Samma, Sam尘腻, Sa峁兂灸�, Shamma: 17 definitions
Introduction:
Samma means something in Buddhism, Pali, Christianity, Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Dhamma Dana: Pali English GlossaryF Good, right, correct.
Therav膩da is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions (jainism)Samma (啶膏ぎ啷嵿ぎ) is a Prakrit ending for deriving proper personal names, mentioned as an example in the A峁単avijj膩 chapter 26. This chapter includes general rules to follow when deriving proper names. The A峁単avijj膩 (mentioning samma) is an ancient treatise from the 3rd century CE dealing with physiognomic readings, bodily gestures and predictions and was written by a Jain ascetic in 9000 Prakrit stanzas.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsSamma in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Engelhardtia spicata Lechen ex Blume from the Juglandaceae (Walnut) family having the following synonyms: Engelhardtia aceriflora, Gyrocarpus pendulus. For the possible medicinal usage of samma, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Samma in India is the name of a plant defined with Engelhardia spicata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Engelhardtia philippinensis C. DC. (among others).
2) Samma in Southern Africa is also identified with Citrullus lanatus It has the synonym Cucumis colocynthis Thunb., nom. illeg., non Cucumis colocynthis L. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indi毛 (1825)
· Flora Malesiana, being an Illustrated Systematic Account of the Malaysian Flora
· FBI (1888)
· Spermat. (1972)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae (1826)
· Catalogus Seminum et Sporarum in Horto Botanico Universitatis Imperialis Tokyoensis (1915)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Samma, for example pregnancy safety, chemical composition, side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarysamma : (a term of familiar address; seen only in voc.) my dear. (nt.) a cymbal. || 蝉补尘尘腻 (ind.) properly; rightly; thoroughly.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary1) Sam尘腻, 2 (indecl.) (Vedic samyac (=samyak) & sam墨艣 鈥渃onnected, in one鈥�; see under sa峁兟�) thoroughly, properly, rightly; in the right way, as it ought to be, best, perfectly (opp. micch膩) D. I, 12; Vin. I, 12; Sn. 359; 947; Dh. 89, 373. Usually as 掳-, like 蝉补尘尘腻-dh膩r膩 even or proper showers (i.e. at the right time) Pv. II, 970; especially in connection with constituents of the eightfold Aryan Path, where it is contrasted with 尘颈肠肠丑腻; see magga 2 a. (e.g. VbhA. 114 sq. , 121, 320 sq.). 鈥�-鈥� The form 蝉补尘尘腻 is reduced to 蝉补尘尘补掳 before short vowels (with the insertion of a sandhi 鈥攄-, cp. puna-deva), like samma-d-eva properly, in harmony or completeness D. I, 110; Vin. I, 9: PvA. 139, 157; 蝉补尘尘补-诲补帽帽腻 & 掳补办办丑腻迟补 (see below); and before double consonants arisen from assimilation, like sammag-gata (=samyak+gata). The cpds. we shall divide into two groups, viz. (A) cpds. with 蝉补尘尘补掳, (B) with 蝉补尘尘腻掳.
A. 鈥攁办办丑腻迟补 well preached Dh. 86. 鈥攁帽帽腻 perfect knowledge Vin. I, 183; S. I, 4; IV, 128; Dh. 57 (掳vimutta, cp. DhA. I, 434); It. 38, 79, 93, 95, 108. 鈥攁迟迟丑补 a proper or good thing or cause J. VI, 16. 鈥攄诲补蝉补 having right views A. II, 18; S. IV, 205, 207; Sn. 733; It. 47, 61, 81; Kvu 339. 鈥攇驳补迟补 (cp. BSk. samyaggata Divy 399) who has wandered rightly, perfect M. I, 66; who has attained the highest point, an Arahant D. I, 55; S. I, 76; A. I, 269; IV, 226; V, 265; J. III, 305; It. 87; Ap 218. Also 蝉补尘尘腻gata Vin. II, 20317. 鈥攑辫补箩腻苍补 having right knowledge Dh. 20; It. 115. 鈥攑辫补帽帽腻 right knowledge, true wisdom Vin. I, 14; Dh. 57, 190; Sn. 143; It. 17; Miln. 39. 鈥攑辫补诲丑腻苍补 (cp. BSk. samyakprah膩na Divy 208) right exertion Vin. I, 22; Dhs. 358; Dpvs 18, 5; they are four D. II, 120; M. III, 296; explained M. II, 11 (anuppann膩na峁� p膩pak膩na峁� akusal膩na峁� dham尘腻na峁� anupp膩d膩ya; uppann膩na峁� pah膩n膩ya; anuppann膩na峁� kusal膩na峁� dham尘腻na峁� upp膩d膩ya; uppann膩na峁� 峁環itiy膩).
B. 鈥斈乯墨惫补 right living, right means of livelihood, right occupation Vin. I, 10; S. V, 421, etc.; formula D. II, 312; (adj.) living in the right way M. I, 42; A. II, 89. 鈥攌补尘尘补苍迟补 right conduct, right behaviour Vin. I, 10; S. V, 421 etc.; definition D. II, 312; Dhs. 300; adj. behaving in the right way M. I, 42; A. II, 89. 鈥斆蹦佱箛补 right knowledge, enlightenment, results from right concentration D. II, 217; A. I, 292; adj. M. I, 42. 鈥斆蹦佱箛颈苍 possessing the right insight A. II, 89, 222. 鈥攄补蝉蝉补苍补 right views Vism. 605. 鈥攄颈峁弓丑颈 right views, right belief, the first stage of the noble eightfold path, consists in the knowledge of the four truths D. II, 311; its essence is knowledge Dhs. 20, 297, 317; cp. Vism. 509; comprises the knowledge of the absence of all permanent Being and the reality of universal conditioned Becoming S. II, 17; III, 135; and of the impermanence of the 5 Khandhas S. III, 51=IV. 142; and of S墨la, of causation and of the destruction of the 膧savas M. I, 46鈥�55; how obtained M. I, 294; two degrees of M. III, 72; supremely important A. I, 30鈥�2 292 sq.; (adj.) Miln. I, 47. 鈥攄颈峁弓丑颈ka having the right belief D. I, 139; A. II, 89; 220 sq.; III, 115, 138; IV, 290; V, 124 sq.; S. IV, 322. 鈥攄惫补测补迟腻苍耻辫补蝉蝉颈苍 duly considering both-i.e. misery with its origin, the destruction of misery with the path, respectively Sn. p. 140. 鈥攄丑腻谤腻 a heavy shower S. V, 379. 鈥攑补峁璱辫补迟迟颈 right mental disposition A. I, 69; Nett 27; Miln. 97; 蝉补尘尘腻pa峁璱pad膩 Pug. 49 sq.; DhA. IV, 127; 蝉补尘尘腻pa峁璱panna rightly disposed, having the right view D. I, 8, 55; Pug. 49 sq. 鈥攑补蝉蝉补峁� viewing the matter in the right way S. III, 51; IV, 142. 鈥攑腻蝉补 (Sk. 艣amy膩pr膩sa, but BSk. 艣amyapr膩艣a Divy 634) a kind of sacrifice Sn. 303; A. II, 42; IV, 151; S. I, 76; It. 21; J. IV, 302; SnA 321. Cp. 蝉补尘尘腻1. 鈥攎补苍补蝉颈办腻谤补 right, careful, thought D. I, 13; DA. I, 104. 鈥搀补迟迟补苍腻 strict, proper, conduct Vin. I, 46, 50; II, 5. 鈥搀腻肠腻 right speech Vin. I, 10; DA. I, 314; definition D. II, 312; Dhs. 299; (adj.) speaking properly M. I, 42; A. II, 89. 鈥搀腻测腻尘补 right effort Vin. I, 10; Dhs. 13, 22, 302; definition D. II, 312; adj. M. I, 42; A. II, 89. 鈥搀颈尘耻迟迟补 right emancipation A. I, 292; 掳惫颈尘耻迟迟颈 the same D. II, 217; A. II, 196, 222; (adj.) M. I, 42; A. II, 89. 鈥攕补峁卥补辫辫补 right resolve, right intention Dh. 12; Vin. I, 10; Dhs. 21, 298; definition D. II, 312; (adj.) M. I, 42; A. II, 89. 鈥攕补迟颈 right memory, right mindfulness, self-possession Vin. I, 10; Dhs. 23, 303; definition D. II, 313; (adj.) M. I, 42; A. II, 89. 鈥攕补尘腻诲丑颈 right concentration, the last stage of the noble eightfold path Vin. I, 10; Dhs. 24, 304; definition D. II, 313; adj. M. I, 12; A. II, 89. 鈥攕补尘辫补蝉蝉补峁� having the right view S. IV, 142. 鈥攕补尘产耻诲诲丑补 perfectly enlightened, a universal Buddha Vin. I, 5; D. I, 49; Dh. 187; J. I, 44; DhA. I, 445; III, 241; VbhA. 436, etc. 鈥攕补尘产辞诲丑颈 perfect enlightenment, supreme Buddhaship Vin. I, 11; D. II, 83; S. I, 68, etc. (Page 695)
2) Sam尘腻, 1 (cp. Sk. 艣amy膩) a pin of the yoke Abhp 449; a kind of sacrificial instrument SnA 321 (samma峁� ettha p膩sant墨 ti 蝉补尘尘腻p膩so; and s膩tr膩-y膩gass鈥檈ta峁� adhivacana峁�). Cp. Weber Indische Streifen I. 36, and 蝉补尘尘腻p膩sa, below. (Page 695)
鈥� or 鈥�
1) Samma, 3 a cymbal Miln. 60; Dhs. 621; J. I, 3; DhsA. 319. 鈥�-鈥� Otherwise as 掳迟腻岣穉 a kind of cymbal Th. 1, 893, 911; Vv 353; VvA. 161; J. VI, 60; 277 (-l-). (Page 695)
2) Samma, 2 (samyak) see 蝉补尘尘腻. (Page 695)
3) Samma, 1 (as to etym. Andersen, P. Reader II. 263 quite plausibly connects it with Vedic 艣am (indecl.) 鈥渉ail, 鈥� which is often used in a vocative sense, esp. in combination 艣am ca yos ca 鈥渉ail & blessing!鈥�, but also suggests relation to 蝉补尘尘腻. Other suggestions see Andersen, s. v. ) a term of familiar address D. I, 49, 225; DA. I, 151; Vin. II, 161; J. I, 59; PvA. 204; plur. 蝉补尘尘腻 Vin. II, 161. (Page 695)
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySa峁兂灸� (啶膏啶ぞ).鈥�3 膧., 2 P.
1) To measure.
2) To make equal, equalize; see 啶膏啶た啶� (蝉补峁僲颈迟补).
3) To liken, compare; 啶� 啶掂 啶ㄠ啶た啶班啶ㄠぐ啶︵啶掂 啶ぐ啶距啷嵿く啶� 啶膏啶ぞ啶む啶ぐ啷嵿す啶膏啶さ啶苦お啶曕啶掂が啷佮う啷嵿ぇ啷� (na vai n峁沚hirnaradeva峁� par膩khya峁� sa峁兂灸錿umarhasyavipakvabuddhe) Bh膩gavata 1.18.42.
4) To be comprised or contained in; 啶啶｀ぞ啶侧じ啷傕い啷嵿ぐ啶お啶� 啶む 啶� 啶膏啶ぞ啶むた 啶膏啶むえ啶距え啷嵿い啶班 (m峁涐箛膩las奴tramapi te na sa峁兂灸錿i stan膩ntare) 厂耻产丑腻峁�.
5) To distribute, grant, bestow (Ved.).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySa峁兂灸� (啶膏啶ぞ).鈥擺feminine] equality in weight or number.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sa峁兂灸� (啶膏啶ぞ):鈥擺=蝉补尘-尘腻] a. sam-鈭�3. 尘腻 [Parasmaipada] [膧tmanepada] -尘腻ti, -尘颈尘墨迟别, to measure out, measure, [峁歡-veda] etc. etc.;
鈥攖o make of the same measure, make equal, equalize (in size, number, quantity etc.), [Atharva-veda; Taittir墨ya-sa峁僪it膩; 艢atapatha-br膩hma峁嘺] ;
鈥攖o compare with ([instrumental case]), [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺];
鈥攖o mete out, distribute, bestow, [峁歡-veda iii, 1, 15; v, 4, 2];
鈥� (with 艣谤补惫腻峁僺颈) to direct one鈥檚 course or flight towards, [ib. iii, 34, 22];
鈥攖o be of the same capacity with, be contained in ([locative case]), [Kuvalay膩nanda] :
鈥擺Passive voice] -尘墨测补迟别, to be of the same measure, be contained in ([locative case]), [N墨laka峁囜弓ha]
2) [v.s. ...] b f. equality in size or number, symmetry, [Aitareya-br膩hma峁嘺; Pa帽cavi峁兣沘-br膩hma峁嘺]
3) [v.s. ...] a kind of metre, [峁歡veda-pr膩ti艣膩khya]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Sa峁兂灸� (啶膏啶ぞ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sa峁兂灸�.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Sa峁兂灸� (啶膏啶ぞ) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Sa峁兂灸�.
2) Samma (啶膏ぎ啷嵿ぎ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: 艢谤补尘.
3) Samma (啶膏ぎ啷嵿ぎ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Sarman.
4) Samma (啶膏ぎ啷嵿ぎ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: 厂补尘测补帽肠.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus艢amma (嗖多伯喑嵿伯):鈥�
1) [noun] shelter; protection; refuge; safety.
2) [noun] joy; bliss; comfort; delight; happiness.
3) [noun] the quality of being auspicious, propitious; auspiciousness; propitiousness.
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Samma (嗖膏伯喑嵿伯):鈥�
1) [noun] shelter; protection; refuge; safety.
2) [noun] joy; bliss; comfort; delight; happiness.
3) [noun] the quality of being auspicious, propitious; auspiciousness; propitiousness.
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Samma (嗖膏伯喑嵿伯):鈥�
1) [noun] the soft and flexible external covering or integument of an animal body; the skin.
2) [noun] the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry; leather.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionarySamma (啶膏ぎ啷嵿ぎ):鈥攁dj. plain; flat; even; adv./pp. till; until; up to; as far as;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Sam.
Starts with (+20): Samma Ditthi, Samma Kammanta, Samma Magga, Samma Padhana, Samma Sambodhi, Samma Sankappa, Samma Sati, Samma Vaca, Samma Vayama, Sammada, Sammadakkhata, Sammadamaya, Sammadanna, Sammadannaya, Sammadavat, Sammadda, Sammaddana, Sammaddasa, Sammaddati, Sammaddi.
Full-text (+113): Sammasamadhi, Samma Ditthi, Samma Padhana, Metteyyasammasambuddha, Asammaparipaccamana, Asammaggata, Samma Sankappa, Samma Sati, Samma Vaca, Samma Magga, Sankappa, Samyanc, Sammajiva, Samma Kammanta, Asammapatipanna, Asammapatipatti, Pannattasammavatta, Abhisammagantabbattha, Sammah, Asammavattana.
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The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
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