dhama धम mfn. blowing, melting (ifc.; cf. karaṃ-, khariṃ-, jalaṃ- &c.) m. (only [L.]) the moon N. of Brahman of Yama of Kṛṣṇa. dhamaka धमक m. ‘a blower’, blacksmith (as blowing the forge), [Uṇ. ii, 35], Sch. dhamanī धमनी dhamánī (ī), f. a sort of perfume, [Bhpr.] turmeric or Hemionitis Cordifolia, [L.] dhamana धमन mfn. blowing with a bellows, [L.] blowing i.e. scaring away (cf. māyā-) cruel, [L.] m. reed, [Bhpr.] Azadirachta Indica, [L.] m. or n. a partic. high number, [Buddh.] n. melting (of ore). dhamani धमनि dhamáni f. the act of blowing or piping, [RV. ii, 11, 8] (also °nī) a pipe or tube, (esp.) a canal of the human body, any tubular vessel, as a vein, nerve &c., [AV.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.]; [Suśr.] &c. (24 tubular vessels starting from the heart or from the navel are supposed to carry the raca or chyle through the body) the throat, neck, [L.] N. of Hrāda's wife (the mother of Vātāpi and Ilvala), [BhP.] dhamara धमर or dhamātra, m. or n. a partic. high number, [Buddh.] (cf. dhamana). dhamadhamā धमधमा dhama-dhamā f. N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, [MBh.] dhama-dhamā ind. blowing repeatedly or the sort of sound made by blowing with a bellows or trumpet, [MW.] dhamadhama धमधम dhama-dhama m. ‘blower’, N. of a demon that causes disease, [Hariv.] of an attendant of Śiva, [L.] dhamanīla धमनील mfn. full-veined, having prominent veins, g. sidhmādi. dhamadhamāya धमधमाय Nom. Ā. yate, to quake, tremble, [Mālatīm. vii, 1]/2 dhamanisaṃtata धमनिसंतत dhamani—saṃtata and dhama°nī-rajju-saṃtata, mfn. ‘having the veins strained like cords’, emaciated, lank, [Hariv.] dhamanīrajjusaṃtata धमनीरज्जुसंतत dhamani—saṃtata and dhama°nī-rajju-saṃtata, mfn. ‘having the veins strained like cords’, emaciated, lank, [Hariv.]