The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Dabba
Dabba2 (adj. -- n.) [Sk. dravya, of dru wood, see d!ru] tree- like, wooden; a tree, shrub, wood J i.108 (d. --
ti*agaccha a jungle of wood & grass); v.46 (d. -- gahana a thicket of shrubs & trees); Vism 353 (˚ti*a).
Dabb"
Dabb" (f.) [Sk. darv"=*d!ru -- " made of wood, see d!ru] a (wooden) spoon, a ladle; (met.) the hood of a
snake (dabbimatt!, pha*apu&ak! DhA iv.132). -- Dh 64; gen. & instr, davy! J iii.218; Miln 365. -- In cpds.
dabbi˚. -- ka**a the tip of the ladle DhA i.371; -- g!ha holding a spoon, viz. for the purposes of offering M
ii.157 (of a priest); Pv ii.953 (=ka&acchu -- g!hika PvA 135); -- mukha a kind of bird J vi.540 (=!&a); --
homa a spoonoblation D i.9.
Dabbha
Dabbha [Sk. darbha to d%bhati, to plait, interlace, etc. cp. Lith. darbas plaiting, crating] a bunch of ku$a
grass (Poa Cynosuroides) D i.141; M i.344; A ii.207. -- puppha "ku$a -- flower," Ep. of a jackal J iii.334.
Dabhakka'
Dabhakka' (?) (indecl.)=daddabha'; a certain noise (of a falling fruit) J iii.77 (v. l. duddabha=daddabha).
Dama
Dama (adj. -- n.) (& of a nt. damo the instr. damas!) [Ved. dama; Ags. tam=E. tame, Ohg. zam to *dem! in
dameti] taming, subduing; self -- control, self -- command, moderation D i.53 (d!nena damena
sa'yamena=It 15; expl. at DA i.160 as indriya -- damena uposatha -- kammena) iii.147, 229; S i.4, 29,
168=Sn 463 (saccena danto damas! upeto); S iv.349; A i.151; ii.152 sq.; M iii.269 (+upasama); Sn 189,
542 (˚ppatta), 655; Dh 9, 25, 261; Nett 77; Miln 24 (sudanto uttame dame). duddama hard to tame or
control Dh 159; PvA 280; Sdhp 367. -- arindama taming the enemy (q. v.).
Damaka
Damaka (adj. -- n.) [=dama] 1. subduing, taming; converting; one who practises self -- control M i.446
(assa˚); iii.2 (id.) J i.349 (kula˚ bhikkhu), one who teaches a clan self -- mastery 505 (go˚, assa˚, hatthi˚); Th
2, 422 (=k!ruññ!ya paresa' cittassa damaka ThA 268). -- 2. one who practises self -- mortification by
living on the remnants of offered food (Childers) Abhp 467.
Damatha
Damatha [Sk. damatha] taming, subduing, mastery, restraint, control M i.235; D iii.54 (+samatha); Dh 35
(cittassa d.); PvA 265; Dpvs vi.36.
Damana
Damana (adj. -- nt.) taming, subduing, mastery PvA 251 (ar"na' d˚ -- s"la= arindama).
Damaya
Damaya (adj.) [Sk. damya, see damma] to be tamed: duddamaya difficult to tame Th 1, 5 (better to be read
damiya).