धम्

{ dham }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

धम्   or ध्मा cl. 1. P. ध॑मति ( Ā. °ते, [Up.]; [MBh.]; p. ध्मान्तस् = धमन्तस्, [BhP. x, 12, 7]; perf. दध्मौ, 3. pl. Ā. °मिरे, [MBh.]; aor. अध्मासीत्, [Kāv.]; Prec. ध्मायात् or ध्मेयात् Gr.; fut. धमिष्यति, [MBh.]; ध्मास्यति, ध्माता Gr.; ind.p. -ध्मा॑य, [Br.])

to blow (either intrans. as wind [applied also to the bubbling सोम, [RV. ix, 73]] or trans. as, to blow a conch-shell or any wind instrument), [RV.] &c. &c.;

to blow into ( loc.), [MBh. l, 813];

to breathe out, exhale, [RV. ii, 34, 1]; [MBh. xiv, 1732];

to kindle a fire by blowing, [RV. ii, 24, 7]; [MBh. ii, 2483];

to melt or manufacture (metal) by blowing, [RV.] &c. &c.;

to blow or cast away, [MBh. v, 7209] :

Pass. धम्यते, ep. also °ति, ध्माय॑ते, °ति ( [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]) to be blown &c.:

Caus. ध्मापयति, [MBh.] ( aor. अदिध्मपत् Gr.; Pass. ध्माप्यते, [MBh.])

to cause to blow or melt;

to consume by fire, reduce to cinder, [MBh.]; [Suśr.] :

Desid. दिध्नासति Gr.:

Intens. देध्मीयते, [Pāṇ. 7-4, 31];

दाध्मायते, p. °यमान being violently blown (conch-shell), [BhP. i, 11, 2.]
धम्   [ cf. Slav. dumo ‘smoke’]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

धम् [dham]   1 P. See ध्मा.