2 suSumna mf(%{A})n. very gracious or kind RV. VS. ; m. N. of one of
the 7 principal rays of the sun (supposed to supply heat to the
moon) VP. ; ***(%{A}) f. a partic. artery (prob. `" the carotid "')
or vein of the body (lying between those called %{iDA} and %
{piGgalA} , and supposed to be one of the passages for the breath or
spirit ; cf. %{brahma-randhra}) Up. BhP. Ra1jat. - 1.
Well, 'suSumna' seems to be so called intensive form from
'sumna':
sumna mfn. (prob. fr. 5. %{su} and %{mnA} = %{man}) benevolent ,
kind , gracious , favourable RV. x , 5 , 3 ; 7 ; (%{am}) n.
benevolence , favour , grace RV. TS. ; devotion , prayer , hymn (cf.
Gk. $) RV. ; &371866[1231 ,3] satisfaction , peace , joy , happiness
ib. ; N. of various Sa1mans A1rshBr.
In Sanskrit, intensives and desideratives are formed by repeating
the first syllable, either as such or more or less modified, for
instance:
mumukSutva n. (Veda7ntas.) desire of liberation or of final
emancipation -- (from the root 'muc')
muc, muJcati, -te 1 & {muca3ti, -te}, pp. {mukta3}, ger. {mukttA3}
[[-,]] (q.v.) release, deliver from (abl. or {tas}) unloose, open;
let go, set free, relinquish, abandon, forsake, quit, put off, lay
aside, give up, grant, bestow; discharge, shed; emit, utter; send
forth, shoot, throw, hurl against (loc., dat., gen., or acc. w.
{prati}). P.M. {mucyate} ({mu3cyate, mucyati}) be released from, get
rid of, escape (abl. & instr., r. gen.), be deprived of, want
(instr.); be liberated from sin or mundane existence. C. {mocayati,
te} release, deliver or redeem from (abl., r. instr.), set free, let
loose; unbind, open etc., cause to give up or discharge (2 acc.). D.
{mumukSati, -te} A. be about to give up or send forth,
gangA f. ( %{gam} Un2.) `" swift-goer "' , the river Ganges
(personified and considered as the eldest daughter of Himavat and
Mena1 R. i , 36 , 15 ; as the wife of S3a1ntanu and mother of
Bhi1shma MBh. i , 3800 Hariv. 2967 ff. ; or as one of the wives of
Dharma PadmaP. [341,3] ; there is also a Gan3ga1 in the sky [%{AkAza-
} or %{vyoma-g-} , qq. vv. ; cf. %{khA7pagA} , %{gaganA7pagA} &c.]
and one below the earth Hariv. 12782 ; Bhagi1-ratha is said to have
conducted the heavenly Gan3ga1 down to the earth , 810 ff. R. i ,
ch. 44) RV. x , 75 , 5 S3Br. xiii TA1r. &c. ; N. of the wife of
Ni1la-kan2t2ha and mother of S3am2kara ; ifc. see %{dviveda-gaGga}.
