sAman
1. sA/man n. ( fr. √ 1. sA = 1. san ) acquisition, possession, property, wealth, abundance, RV. ; VS.
2. sA/man n. ( m. only in TBr. ; prob. connected with √ sAntv ; accord. to some fr. √ 1. sA ; cf. 3. sAman ) calming, tranquillizing, ( esp. ) kind or gentle words for winning an adversary, conciliation, negotiation (one of the 4 Upāya s or means of success against an enemy, the other 3 being dAna , Beda , and daRqa , qq.vv. ; ibc. or instr. sg. and pl. , ‘by friendly means or in a friendly way, willingly, voluntarily’), TBr. ; &c.
3. sA/man n. (of doubtful derivation; accord. to Uṇ. iv, 152 fr. √ so = 2. sA , as ‘destroying sin’; in Nir. vii, 12 apparently connected with sammita ; by others derived fr. √ 1. san , sA , sAntv , and perhaps not to be separated fr. 1. and 2. sAman ) a metrical hymn or song of praise, ( esp. ) a partic. kind of sacred text or verse called a Sāman (intended to be chanted, and forming, with fc , yajus , Candas , one of the 4 kinds of Vedic composition mentioned first in RV. x, 90, 9 ), RV. &c. &c.