Sama3 (adj.) [Vedic sama, fr. sa2; see etym. under saŋ˚] 1. even, level J i.315; iii.172; Mhvs 23, 51. samaŋ karoti to level Dh 178; SnA 66. Opp. visama. -- 2. like, equal, the same D i.123, 174; S i.12; Sn 90, 226, 799, 842; It 17, 64; Dh 306; Miln 4. The compared noun is put in the instr.; or precedes as first part of cpd. <-> 3. impartial, upright, of even mind, just A i.74, 293 sq.; Sn 215, 468, 952. -- 4. sama˚, foll. by numerals, means "altogether,". e. g. ˚tiŋsa thirty altogether Bu 18, 18. -- 5. Cases as adv.: instr. samena with justice, impartially (=dhammena K.S. i.321) Dh 257; J i.180; acc. samaŋ equally D ii.166; together with, at, D ii.288; Mhvs 11, 12.

-- cāga equally liberal A ii.62. -- jana an ordinary man, common people M iii.154=Vin i.349. -- jātika of the same caste J i.68. -- jīvitā regular life, living economically A iv.281 sq. -- tala level, even J i.7; Pv iv.121 (of a pond). -- dhāraṇa equal support or sustenance SnA 95. -- dhura carrying an equal burden, equal J i.191; asamadhura incomparable Sn 694 sq.; J i.193. But sama -- dhura -- ggahaṇa "complete imperiousness" VbhA 492 (see yugaggāha). -- vāhita evenly borne along (of equanimity) DhsA 133. -- vibhatta in equal shares J i.266. -- sama exactly the same D i.123; ii.136; Pug 64; Miln 410; DA i.290. -- sīsin a kind of puggala, lit. "equal -- headed," i. e. one who simultaneously attains an end of craving and of life (cp. PugA 186. The expln in J.P.T.S. 1891, 5 is wrong) Pug 13; Nett 190. -- sūpaka with equal curry (when the curry is in quantity of onefourth of the rice) Vin iv.190.