प्रशम्

Sanskrit edit

Etymology edit

From प्र- (pra-) +‎ शम् (śam, root)

Root edit

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 edit

Primary Verbal Forms

प्रशाम्यति (praśāmyati, Present)

Secondary Forms

प्रशमयति (praśamayati, Causative)

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Monier Williams (1899) “प्रशम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 695.

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