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dham

or dhmā cl. 1. P. dhámati (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. -dhmā́ya, [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, dhmāyáte, °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’]