As a deity name
Name 211 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
धाम · noun · masculine
महाभारत के अनुसार एक प्रकार के देवता · विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
धाम · noun · masculine
गृह । घर । मकान · देह । शरीर । तन · बागडोर । लगाम — Śabdasāgara
धाम · dhāma · s.m.
Dwelling-place, house, abode, home, residence, place; paradise, heaven; splendour, &c. (see dhāman); name of a class of superhuman beings — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 539
धाम · masculine
dwelling, residence, abode; dwelling, residence, abode; the divine abode, supreme dwelling; paradise; splendor, glory
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi धामन् — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit धामन् (dhāman).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dhāman n. dwelling-place, house, abode, domain, RV. &c. &c. (esp. seat of the gods, cf. madhyamaṃ dhāma viṣṇoḥ, Śak. [Pi. iv, 5]; site of the sacred fire and the Soma, RV. &c.; with priyam, favourite residence, VS.; Br.)
favourite thing or person, delight, pleasure, VS.; AV.; Br.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
pl. N. of a class of superhuman beings
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhāma" is the vocative of "dhāman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. dhāma m. pl. N. of a class of superhuman beings, MBh.
dhāma n. abode &c. = dhāman, L.
2. dhāma in comp. for ˚man, below.
dhāman n. dwelling-place, house, abode, domain, RV. &c. &c. (esp. seat of the gods, cf. madhyamaṃ dhāma viṣṇoḥ, Śak. [Pi. iv, 5]; site of the sacred fire and the Soma, RV. &c.; with priyam, favourite residence, VS.; Br.)
favourite thing or person, delight, pleasure, VS.; AV.; Br.
Alternative readings
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