As a deity name
Name 886 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 190 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
दमन · noun · masculine
दबाने या रोकने की क्रिया · दंड जो किसी को दबाने के लिये दिया जाता है · इंद्रियों की चंचलता को रोकना । निग्रह । दम — Śabdasāgara
दमन · adj
दमन करनेवाला । दमनकर्ता · शांत — Śabdasāgara
दमन · daman · adj.
(f. -ī), Taming, subduing, overpowering; subduing the passions; passionless — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 526
दमन · masculine
Daman (a city, the capital of Daman district, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India); Daman (a district of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India)
दमन · masculine
suppression, subduing; oppression
Cited formation "दमन" is दम + -न: दम means "breath", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "दमन" is दमना + -न: दमना means "To glow, to sparkle, glitter, flash", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word of gu origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Gujarati દમણ (damaṇ). Doublet of दौना (daunā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दमन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit दमन (damana).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
damana mf(ī)n. ifc. taming, subduing, overpowering, MBh. viii; Bhartṛ.
self-controlled, passionless, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
ifc. taming, subduing, overpowering
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Dictionary citations
damana mf(ī)n. ifc. taming, subduing, overpowering, MBh. viii; Bhartṛ.
self-controlled, passionless, L.
damana m. a tamer of horses, charioteer, BhP. iv, 26, 2
(g. nandy-ādi) Artemisia indica, Mantram. xxiii
N. of a Samādhi, Kāraṇḍ. xvii, 18
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