चमस

{ camasḥ, camasa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

CAMASA   A yogi, the younger brother of Bharata, a king born in the dynasty of Priyavrata, son of Manu. This country got its name Bhārata from king Bharata (country ruled by Bharata). Bharata had nine brothers called Kuśāvarta, Ilāvarta, Brahmāvarta, Āryāvarta, Malaya, Bhadraketu, Sena, Indraspṛk and Kīkaṭa. Bharata had also nine other brothers renowned as navayogīs, born of another mother. Camasa was one of them, the other eight being Kavi, Hari, Ambarīṣa, Prabuddha, Pippalāyana, Āvīrhotra, Dramiḍa and Kharabhājana. [Bhāgavata Pañcama Skandha] .

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   camasa m S A spoon or a ladle.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु. १ यज्ञांत सोमरस ज्या लांकडी पात्रांतून ठेवतात तें पात्र . हें चौकोनी असतें . चमस आणिलें चौमुखी पात्र । यालागी । - कथा ३ . ८ . १३९ . २ चमचा ; पळी . [ सं . चमस ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

चमस  f.  m. ( n. g. अर्धर्चा-दि; f( ई)., [L.] Sch.; fr. √ चम्) a vessel used at sacrifices for drinking the सोम, kind of flat dish or cup or ladle (generally of a square shape, made of wood and furnished with a handle), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c.
चमस  m.  m. a cake (made of barley, rice, or lentils, ground to meal), sweetmeat, flour, [L.] Sch.
गर्गादि   ( g.) N. of a son of ऋषभ, [BhP. v, xi]
चमसोद्भेद   = , [MBh. iii, 5053]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

चमसः [camasḥ] सम् [sam]   सम् [चमत्यस्मिन्, चम्-असच् [Tv.] ]
   A vessel (can, ladle &c.) used at sacrifices for drinking the Soma juice; [Y.1.183] (also चमसी); इडोदरे चमसाः कर्ण- रन्ध्रे [Bhāg.3.13.36.]
   A cake made of barley, rice &c. -Comp.
-अध्वर्युः   the priest who manages the drinking vessels.
-उद्भेदः, -दनम्  N. N. of place of pilgrimage where the river Sarasvatī is said to have burst forth.

Shabda-Sagara

चमस  mf.  ( -सः-सी) 1A vessel used at sacrifices for drinking the juice of the acid asclepias, a kind of ladle or spoon. 2, A cake made of barley, rice or lentils ground to meal.
   3. A plant, commonly Khetpapra, (Mollugo peutaphylla.)
   4. A sweetmeat, or flour, sesamum, &c. mixed up with sugar into a kind of cake, &c.
    E. चम् to eat, असच् Unadi affix, fem. affix ङीष्.

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चम् असच् ङीष्