Dictionary meanings for ūṣman from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. 1 Heat, warmth.
2 The hot season, summer.
3 Steam, vapour, exhalation.
4 Ardour, passion, violence.
5 (In gram.) The sounds ś, ṣ, s and hṛ; applied also to ṣk, ṣp, aṃ and aḥ. Comp. aṃta ending in an Ūṣman. aṃta- sthāḥ (m. pl.) the sounds called Ūṣman and semivowels. upagamaḥ approach of summer. pa a. drink- ing the steam of hot food. ( paḥ) 1. fire.
2. a class of Manes (pl.).
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. (uṣ cf. uṣman), heat, glow, ardour, hot vapour, steam, vapour AV. vi, 18, 3; VS.; S3Br.; Ka1tyS3r.; BhP. (also figuratively said of passion or of money &c) 223,1 38352 m. the hot season L. 223,1 38353 m. (in Gr.) N. applied to certain sounds (viz. the three sibilants, h, Visarga visarga, Jihva1mu1li1ya jihvāmūlīya, Upadhma1ni1ya upadhmānīya, and Anusva1ra anusvāra) RPra1t. 11, &c; APra1t.; VPra1t.; Ka1s3. &c (the...