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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.]
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