dhā́man n. dwelling-place, house, abode, domain, [RV.] &c. &c. (esp. seat of the gods, cf. madhyamaṃ dhāma viṣṇoḥ, [Śak. [Pi. iv, 5]]; site of the sacred fire and the Soma, [RV.] &c.; with priyam, favourite residence, [VS.]; [Br.])
favourite thing or person, delight, pleasure, [VS.]; [AV.]; [Br.]
the inmates of a house or members of a family, class, troop, band, host (also pl.), [RV.] &c.
law, rule, established order (esp. of Mitra-Varuṇa), [RV.]; [AV.]
state, condition, [Prab. i, 30]
manner, mode, tone, form, appearance (esp. in sacrifice, song &c.), [RV.]; [VS.]
effect, power, strength, majesty, glory, splendour, light, [RV.] &c., [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]
(accord. to some in [RV.] also = muhūrta, ‘an hour’).
dhā́man m. N. of one of the 7 Ṛṣis of the 4th Manv-antara (v.l. dhātṛ), [Hariv.]
[cf. Gk. θημον in εὐ-θήμων; θαμά, θωμός &c.; Lat. fam-ulus; Angl.Sax. dôm; Goth. domas; Germ. tuom and suff. -tum.]