pra-√ dhmā (or dham) P. (Ā. Pot. -dhmāyīta, [ChUp.]) -dhamati, to blow before or in front, blow away, [AV.]; to scare, [Car.]; to destroy, [MBh.]; to blow into (esp. into a conch shell acc.), [ib.]; [Suśr.]; [Hariv.] &c.; (Ā.) to cry out, [ChUp. vi, 14, 1]; [Śaṃk.]; (others, ‘to be tossed about’, ‘wander about’) : Caus. P. Ā. -dhmāpayati, °te, to blow into, blow (a conch shell), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Hariv.]