Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“painful”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 394 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 861 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“painful”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
दम · dama · s.m.
Taming, subduing; self-command, self-restraint, self-control, subduing the passions, temperance; endurance of painful austerities — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 525
दम · dam · s.m.
Deceit, fraud, trickery, trick, coaxing, wheedling — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 525
दम · noun · masculine
दंड जो दमन करने के लिये दिया जाता है । सजा · ब्राह्मोद्रियों का दमन । इंद्रियों को वश में रखना और चित्त के बुरे कामों में प्रवृत्त न होने देना · कीचड़ — Śabdasāgara
दम · noun · masculine
साँस । श्वस · नशे आदि के लिये साँस के साथ धूआँ खींचने की क्रिया · साँस खींचकर जोर से बाहर फेँकने या फूँकने की क्रिया — Śabdasāgara
दम · masculine
breath; puff, whiff; breathing or blowing out; puff (as in casting a spell); puff, whiff
दम · masculine
taming, subduing; self-control, self-restraint
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit दम्भ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian دم, from Middle Persian [Term?]. Compare Bengali দম (dom), Gujarati દમ (dam). Last two senses, perhaps conflated with Sanskrit दम्भ (dambha).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dambha m. deceit, fraud, feigning, hypocrisy, Mn. iv, 163; MBh. &c.
Deceit (son of A-dharma and Mṛṣā, BhP. iv, 8, 2), Prab. ii
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दम — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit दम (dama), From the verb दाम्यति (dāmyati), Proto-Indo-Aryan *dā́myati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dā́myati, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δάμνημι (dámnēmi), Latin domō, English tame.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dama m. (or n.) house, home (δόμος, Lat. domus), RV.; AV. vii (also puru-dama, q.v.), VS. viii, 24
dama mfn. ifc. ‘taming, subduing’, see ariṃ-, gāṃ-, baliṃ-
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
self-command, self-restraint, self-control, (˚ma, but cf., ), &c.
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Dictionary citations
dama m. (or n.) house, home (δόμος, Lat. domus), RV.; AV. vii (also puru-dama, q.v.), VS. viii, 24
dama mfn. ifc. ‘taming, subduing’, see ariṃ-, gāṃ-, baliṃ-
dama m. self-command, self-restraint, self-control, ŚBr. xiv, 8, 2, 4 (˚ma, but cf. Pāṇ. vii, 3, 34, Kāś.), TUp.; KenUp.; Mn. &c.
taming, L.
punishment, fine, viii f.; Yājñ. ii, 4; BhP.
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