दाश

{ dāśḥ, dāśa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

DĀŚA   A country in Ancient India. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9, Stanza 56] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

दाश    1. See पुरो-.
दाश    2. or ( [Uṇ. v, 11]) दाश॑ (written also दास) fisherman, ferryman, mariner, [VS. xxx, 16]; [Mṛcch. viii, 408, 9]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
the son of a निषाद by a woman of the आयोगव caste, [Mn. x, 34]
servant, slave, [L.]
दाश    3. the वृद्धि form of 2. दश in comp.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

दाशः [dāśḥ]   1 A fisherman; इयं च सज्जा नौश्चेति दाशाः प्राञ्ज- लयोऽब्रुवन् [Rām.7.46.32;] [Ms.8.48,49;1.34.]
A servant, (दास q. v.). -Comp.
-ग्रामः   a village mostly inhabited by fisherman.
-नन्दिनी   an epithet of Satyavatī, mother of Vyāsa.

Shabda-Sagara

दाश (ऋ) दाशृ   r. 1st cl. ( दाशति-ते) 10th cl. ( दाशयति-ते) To give 5th cl. ( दाश्नोति) To hurt, to injure or kill: see दास . भ्वा० उभ० सक० सेट् . चुरा० उभ० . स्वादि० प० .
दाश  m.  ( -शः)
1. A fisherman, the son of a Nishada by a woman of the Ayogava caste.
2. A servant.
 f.  ( -शी)
1. A female slave, &c.
E. दाशृ to give, affix घञ् . see दास .

ROOTS:

दाशृ घञ् . दास .