sāma1 [cp. vedic śyāma black & śyāva brown; av. syāva; ags. hāēven blue (=e. heaven); gr. skoio/s, skia/ (shadow)=sk. chāyā; goth. skeinan=shine, etc.] 1. black, dark (something like deep brown) vin iv.120 (kāḷasāma dark blue [?]); d i.193; m i.246 (different from kāḷa); j vi.187 (˚aŋ mukhaŋ dark, i. e. on account of bad spirits); vism 422 (opp. to odāta in colour of skin). -- 2. yellow, of a golden colour, beautiful j ii.44, 45 (migī); v.215 (suvaṇṇa -- sāmā), 366 (suvaṇṇa -- vaṇṇa). -- f. sāmā, q. v. -- see sabala.

sāma2 (nt.) [perhaps=vedic sāman] song, sacred song, devotion, worship, propitiation d ii.288.