उपशमः [upaśamḥ] 1 Becoming quiet, assuagement, pacification; कुतोऽस्या उपशमः
[Ve.3;] मन्युर्दुःसह एष यात्युपशमं नो सान्त्ववादैः स्फुटम्
[Amaru.6;] cessation, stopping, extinction.
Relaxation, intermission.
Tranquility, calmness, patience; उपशमशीलाः परमर्षयः
[Bhāg.5.4.27.] उपशमायनेषु स्वतनयेषु
[Bhāg.5.1.29.] ज्ञानस्योपशमः
[Bh.2.82.] Control or restraint of the senses.
(in Astrono.) N. of the twentieth Muhūrta. -Comp.
-क्षयः (with Jainas) the destruction of activity &c. through quietism.