शमशान śhmaśhān

श्मशान śmaśāna shmasha:n (nm) the cremation ground, crematorium, nacropolis; -वैराग्य momentary detachment from mundane affairs aroused in the cremation ground; -साधन magical or tantric rites performed by sitting over the chest of a corpse in the cremation ground; —ज़गाना to undertake tantric rites in the श्मशान to keep the श्मशान fire burning.

S شمشان श्मशान śmaśān, s.m. A place where corpses are burnt or buried, a burning-ground, crematory; cemetery, burial-ground, sepulchre: — śmaśān-vāsī, adj. & s.m. (f. -inī), Dwelling in cemeteries; — an epithet of Śiva; a ghost, goblin, sprite.