Sam
2. Sa/m ind. ( g. cA di and svar-Adi ) auspiciously, fortunately, happily, well (frequently used in the Veda , rarely in later language; often to be translated by a subst. , esp. in the frequent phrase Sa/M yo/H or Sa/M ca yo/S ca , ‘happiness and welfare’, sometimes joined with the verbs BU , as , kf , dA , vah , yA , sometimes occurring without any verb; with dat. or gen. [ cf. Pāṇ. ii, 3, 73 , Sch. ]; in some cases corresponding to an adj. , e.g. SaM tad asmE , that is pleasant to him), RV. ; &c.