damā

adjective noun (& of a nt.; damo the instr. damasā) taming, subduing; self-control, self-command moderation DN.i.53 (dānena damena saṃyamena = Iti.15 expl. at DN-a.i.160 as indriya-damena uposatha-kammena), DN.iii.147, DN.iii.229; SN.i.4, SN.i.29, SN.i.168 = Snp.463 (saccena danto damasā upeto); SN.iv.349; AN.i.151; AN.ii.152 sq. MN.iii.269 (+ upasama); Snp.189, Snp.542 (˚ppatta), Snp.655; Dhp.9, Dhp.25, Dhp.261; Ne.77; Mil.24 (sudanto uttame dame). duddama hard to tame or control Dhp.159; Pv-a.280; Sdhp.367
■ arindama taming the enemy (q.v.).

Ved. dama; Ags. tam = E. tame, Ohg. zam to *demā in dameti

neuter a bond, fetter, rope; chain, wreath, garland SN.iv.163 (read dāmena for damena), SN.iv.282, (id.); AN.iii.393 (dāmena baddho); Snp.28 (= vacchakānaṃ bandhanatthāya katā ganthitā nandhipasayuttā rajjubandhanavisesā); Vism.108. usually -˚, viz. anoja-puppha Ja.i.9; Ja.vi.227; olambaka˚ Vv-a.32; kusuma˚ Ja.iii.394 gandha˚ Ja.i.178; Vv-a.173, Vv-a.198; puppha˚ Ja.i.397; Vv-a.198; mālā˚ Ja.ii.104; rajata˚ Ja.i.50; Ja.iii.184; Ja.iv.91 rattapuppha˚ Ja.iii.30; sumana˚ Ja.iv.455.

Sk. dāman to dyati to bind (Gr. δίδημι), *dé, as in Gr. δέσμα (rope), διάδημα (diadem), ὑπόδημα (sandal)