Saman

[ sah-mahn ]

noun

1. a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.

Example Sentences

From that universal sacrifice sprang the Ric and Saman verses, the metres and Yajush.

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And the holy Soma-drinkers pressed the sacred Soma plant, And performed the pure savana with the solemn saman chant.

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Brtt bar saman fund eira; rhallr spuri hann at nafni, en hann kvez Glmr heita.

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Hann tk vi fjrvarveizlu, ok var honum ltit fyrir v; hann var hljmikill ok dimmraddar, ok fit stǫkk allt saman, egar hann hai.

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At its entrance rises a great Tamarind, and a still greater Saman; both have leaves like a Mimosa—as the engraving shows.

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