dhāma

1. dhāma m. pl. N. of a class of superhuman beings, MBh.

2. dhāma in comp. for man, below.

dham or dhmā cl. 1. P. dhamati ( Ā. te, Up. ; MBh. ; p. dhmāntas = dhamantas, BhP. x, 12, 7 ; perf. dadhmau, 3. pl. Ā. mire, MBh. ; aor. adhmāsīt, Kāv. ; Prec. dhmāyāt or dhmeyāt Gr. ; fut. dhamiṣyati, MBh. ; dhmāsyati, dhmātā Gr. ; ind.p. dhmāya, Br. ) to blow (either intrans. as wind [applied also to the bubbling Soma , 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. dhamyate, ep. also ti, dhmāyate, ti ( ŚBr. ; MBh. ) to be blown &c.: Caus. dhmāpayati, MBh. ( aor. adidhmapat Gr. ; Pass. dhmāpyate, MBh. ) to cause to blow or melt; to consume by fire, reduce to cinder, MBh. ; Suśr. : Desid. didhmāsati Gr. : Intens. dedhmīyate, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 31 ; dādhmāyate, p. yamāna being violently blown (conch-shell), BhP. i, 11, 2. [ cf. Slav. dumo ‘smoke’]

dhama mfn. blowing, melting ( ifc. ; cf. karaṃ, khariṃ, jalaṃ &c.)