daṃsa

1. daṃś or daṃs cl. 1. 10. P. śati, śayati or s, ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’, Dhātup. xxxiii, 91 ; cl. 1. P. and cl. 10. Ā. ( fr. Prākṛt daṃse ) to show, 2 f.

1. daṃś or daṃs cl. 1. 10. P. śati, śayati or s, ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’, Dhātup. xxxiii, 91 ; cl. 1. P. and cl. 10. Ā. ( fr. Prākṛt daṃse ) to show, 2 f.

2. daṃś cl. 1. (originally cl. 6.) daśati ( Pāṇ. vi, 4, 25 ; Ā. MBh. i, 1798 & Hariv. 4302 ; p. daśat, RV. &c.; pf. dadaṃśa; pl. śur, R. i, 45, 20 ; p. dadaśvas, RV. iv, 38, 6 ; fut. daṅkṣyati, Bhaṭṭ. ; daṃṣṭā, Pāṇ. vii, 2, 10 ; Kār. ; 1. pl. daśiṣyāmas, MBh. i, 1605 ; aor. adāṅkṣīt, Vop. ; pl. ṣur, Bhaṭṭ. ; ind.p. daṃṣṭvā, TāṇḍyaBr. ; cl. 1. daṃśati, Cāṇ. ) to bite, RV. ; AV. ; ŚBr. &c.: Caus. to cause to bite, Kauś. ; to cause to be bitten by ( instr. ), MBh. i, 2243 ; iii, 544 ; Suśr. iv, 14, 6 and 12 : Intens. dandaśyate, śīti, Pāṇ. iii, 1, 24 ; vii, 4, 86 ; dandaṣṭi, daṃṣṭi, Vop. xx, 19 ; p. dandaśāna ( cf. śūka) repeatedly biting, RV. x, 95, 9 : Caus. of Intens. ( ind.p. dandaśayitvā) causing to be bitten by ( instr. ), Daś. i, 142 ;

daṃśa mfn. ‘biting’, see mṛga