Dictionary Definition ：
Definition[1]
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ḍaṃsa : [m.] a gadfly.
Source
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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]
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Ḍaŋsa [see ḍasati] a yellow fly, gadfly (orig. "the bite") Nd2 268 (=pingala -- makkhika, same at J iii.263 & SnA 101); usually in combn with other biting or stinging sensations, as ˚siriŋsapa Sn 52, & freq. in cpd. ḍaŋsa -- makasa -- vāt' ātapa -- siriŋsapa -- samphassa M i.10= A ii.117, 143=iii.163; A iii.388; v.15; Vin i.3; Nd2 s. v. (enumd under var. kinds of dukkhā); Vism 31 (here expld as ḍaŋsana -- makkhikā or andha -- makkhikā).
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Related
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daṃśabhīru , daṃśabhīruka , daṃsaka , daṃśamaśaka , daṃśamūla , daṃś , dampness , dampish , damper , dampen
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