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.]