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शम्याप्रास (zamyAprAsa)

 
Capeller Eng
English
शम्याप्रास
m.
°प्रासन
n.
the same.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
शम्या—प्रास
m.
(Āpast. )
=
-क्षेप above.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
śamyāprāsa, m. (= Pali sammāpāsa, e.g. Sn 〔303〕
expl. comm. 〔i.321.29 ff.〕 as a form of the ‘sātrāyāga’, = Skt. sattra-yāga ?, repeated at intervals of a ‘wedge-throw’
so Skt. id., cf. KŚS 〔15.9.12〕 śamyāprāsa-śamyāprāse, in a ritual sūtra), a kind of elaborate brahmanical sacrifice: so read for somaprāsa Mv 〔ii.237.20〕, and śāmyaprāśa (śāmyā°) Divy 〔634.7, 11, 17, 20〕
in list of brahmanical sacrifices (as in Pali Sn) cited s.v. nirargaḍa, q.v.
पुराणम्
English
शम्याप्रास / ŚAMYĀPRĀSA. A sacred place on the banks of river sarasvatī. Here vyāsa once built an āśrama and lived there. (devī bhāgavata, 6th skandha).