dāmán n. m. a giver, donor RV.
• a liberal man MBh. xii, 3479
• (dā́○) n. giving, a gift RV. (cf. a-, su-). 1

dāman 2

 dā́man m. or f. allotment, share RV.

dāman 3

dā́man n. (m. L.) string, cord, rope, fetter RV. AV. ŚBr. MBh. &c

• girdle

• chaplet, wreath, garland for forehead MBh. Hariv. Kāv.

• large bandage Suśr.

• a partic. constellation VarBṛS.

• N. of a friend of Kṛishṇa = śri-d○ (cf. below)

• ifc. either in proper N. (cf. āśā-d○) or in adj. (where, after a numeral, the fem. must end in ī e.g. dvi-dāmnī Pāṇ. 4-1, 27). [Cf. Gk. [475, 1] ? in ? ? ? in, ? ? .]

 

 

 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William