dham or dhmā, cl. 1. P. dhámati (Ā. ○te Up. MBh.
• p. dhmāntas = dhamantas BhP. x, 12, 7
• perf. dadhmau, 3. pl. Ā. ○mire MBh.
• aor. adhmāsīt Kāv.
• Prec. dhmāyāt or dhmeyāt Gr
• fut. dhamāṣyati MBh.
• dhmāsyati, dhmātā Gr
• ind. p. -dhmā́ya Br.) to blow (either intrans. as wind [applied also to the bubbling Soma RV. ix, 73] or trans., as to blow a conchshell or any wind instrument) RV. &c. &c
• to blow into (loc.) MBh. l, 813
• to breathe out, exhale RV. ii, 34, 1 MBh. xiv, 1732
• to kindle a fire by blowing RV. ii, 24, 7 MBh. ii, 2483
• to melt or manufacture (metal) by blowing RV. &c. &c
• to blow or cast away MBh. v, 7209: Pass. dhamyate, ep. also ○ti, dhmāyáte, ○ti (cf. ŚBr. MBh.) to be blown &c.: Caus. dhmāpayati MBh. (aor. adidhmapat Gr
• Pass. dhmāpyate MBh.) to cause to blow or melt
• to consume by fire, reduce to cinder MBh. Suśr.: Desid. didhnāsati Gr.: Intens. dedhmīyate Pāṇ. 7-4, 31
• dādhmāyate, p. ○yamāna being violently blown (conch-shell) BhP. i, 11, 2. [Cf. Slav. dumo 'smoke']

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William