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दामन् m. 1.n.m. a giver, donor, [RV.] a liberal man, [MBh. xii, 3479] अ giving, a gift, [RV.] ( cf. -, सु-). 1. दामन् f. 2.m. or f. allotment, share, [RV.] दामन् m. 3.n. ( m., [L.] ) string, cord, rope, fetter, [RV.] ; [AV.] ; [ŚBr.] ; [MBh.] &c. girdle chaplet, wreath, garland for forehead, [MBh.] ; [Hariv.] ; [Kāv.] large bandage, [Suśr.] a partic. constellation, [VarBṛS.] श्रि-द्° N. of a friend of कृष्ण = ( cf. below) दामन् mfn. mfn.ifc. either in proper N. ( cf. आशा-द्°) or in adj. (where, after a numeral, the fem. must end in ईe.g. द्वि-दाम्नी, [Pāṇ. 4-1, 27] ). [ cf. Gk. δῆμα in διά-δημα; δεμνον in, κρή-δεμνον.]
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