उपशम्

{ upaśam }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

उप-√ शम्    P. Ā. -शाम्यति, -ते, to become calm or quiet;

to cease, become extinct, [AitBr.]; [Kauś.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.] &c.:

Caus. -शमयति and ep. -शामयति, to make quiet, calm, extinguish;

to tranquillize, appease, pacify, mitigate, [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Daś. &c.]

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उप √ शम्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

उपशम् [upaśam]   4 [P.]
To become calm or quiet, be assuaged; उपशाम्यतु ते बुद्धिः [Bk.2.5.]
To cease, stop; अग्निः, शब्दः, कोपः &c.; cease to speak; [K.11.] -Caus.
To calm, tranquillize.
To appease, pacify, assuage, mitigate.
To extinguish, kill.