See puroḍāśa.
dā́śa or ([Uṇ. v, 11]) dāśá (written also dāsa) fisherman, ferryman, mariner, [VS. xxx, 16]; [Mṛcch. viii, 408, 9]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
the son of a Niṣāda by a woman of the Āyogava caste, [Mn. x, 34]
servant, slave, [L.]
the Vṛddhi form of 2. daśa in comp.