धामन् n. n. dwelling-place, house, abode, domain,
[RV.] &c. &c. (
esp. seat of the gods
cf. मध्यमं धाम विष्णोः,
[Śak. [Pi. iv, 5]]; site of the sacred fire and the
सोम,
[RV.] &c.; with
प्रियम्, favourite residence,
[VS.] ;
[Br.] )
favourite thing or person, delight, pleasure,
[VS.] ;
[AV.] ;
[Br.] the inmates of a house or members of a family, class, troop, band, host (also
pl. ),
[RV.] &c.
law, rule, established order (
esp. of
मित्र-
वरुण),
[RV.] ;
[AV.] state, condition,
[Prab. i, 30] manner, mode, tone, form, appearance (
esp. in sacrifice, song &c.),
[RV.] ;
[VS.] effect, power, strength, majesty, glory, splendour, light,
[RV.] &c.,
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] ;
[Pur.] मुहूर्त accord. to some in
[RV.] also = , ‘an hour’.
धामन् m. m.N. of one of the 7
ऋषिs of the 4th
मन्व्-अन्तर (
v.l. धातृ),
[Hariv.] धामन् [
cf. Gk. θημον in
εὐ-θήμων;
θαμά,
θωμός &c.;
Lat. fam-ulus;
Angl.Sax. dôm;
Goth. domas;
Germ. tuom and
suff. -tum.]