As a deity name
Name 860 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
दमयिता · noun · masculine
दमन करनेवाला । दमकर्ता · विष्णु · शिव — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Śiva.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested members (member ayitA unglossed)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "damayitā" is the nominative of "damayitṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
Monier-Williams (1899) · दमयितृ (linked stem)
dama˚yitṛ m. a tamer, MBh. xiii, 7041 (Viṣṇu)
Monier-Williams (1899) · दमयितृ (linked stem)
Śiva.
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