Damsha, Daṃśa, Ḍaṃsa, Damsa: 22 definitions
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Damsha has 21 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Daṃśa can be transliterated into English as Damsa or Damsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Dansh.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDaṃśa (दंश):—(von 1. daṃś)
1) m. a) Biss, die gebissene Stelle, = daṃśana [Medinīkoṣa] = khaṇḍana und bhujagakṣata [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = sarpakṣata [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 427.] [VIŚVA im Śabdakalpadruma] [Suśruta 1, 40, 16. 2, 281, 17. 282, 6. 291, 19. 293, 19. 296, 18.] danta [Gītagovinda 10, 11.] kaṭhoradaṃśairmaśakaiḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 13, 3.] aviṣo pi kadāciddaṃśo (sarpasya) bhavet [Mālavikāgnimitra 47, 4.] chedo daṃśasya [62.] — b) = doṣa [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [VIŚVA.] Wohl Riss, Fehler in einem Edelstein u.s.w. — c) Zahn [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 584.] — d) Bremse [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 27. 3, 1, 51.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 5, 33.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1215.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 548.] [Medinīkoṣa śeṣa (s. II.). 6.] [Chāndogyopaniṣad 6, 9, 3.] daṃśamaśakam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 40. 45. 12, 62.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 215.] [Mahābhārata 18, 44.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 25, 16. 5, 34, 17.] [Suśruta 1, 67, 5.] [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 5.] [Pañcatantra III, 98.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 30, 27. 31, 27. 7, 3, 18.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 15, 24.] — e) Harnisch (beissend so v. a. drückend, eng anliegend) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 427.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 766.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] kāñcanacitra [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 18, 9.] viśīrṇa [1, 9, 39.] — f) Gelenk am Körper [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [VIŚVA im Śabdakalpadruma] Beruht viell. nur auf einer Verwechselung von marman mit varman . — g) Nomen proprium eines Asura [Mahābhārata 12, 93.] —
2) f. ī eine kleine Bremsenart [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 27.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1215.] — Vgl. kṣamādaṃśa, vṛṣa .
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Daṃśa (दंश):—
1) a) kiṃ tvasya rājño nākāle daṃśo deyastvayā du (eine Wanze wird angeredet) darfst aber den Fürsten nicht zur Unzeit stechen [Kathāsaritsāgara 60, 131. fg.] [?Z. 4 Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 13, 3] fasst der [Scholiast] daṃśa in der Bed. d. —
3) adj. beissend in mṛga. daṃśa [Mahābhārata 9, 2582] fehlerhaft für śaśa, wie die ed. Bomb. liest.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDaṃśa (दंश):——
1) Adj. beissend in mṛgadaṃśa. —
2) m. — a) Biss , die gebissene Stelle daṃśaṃ dā Jmd (Gen.) beissen , stechen (von einer Wanze). — b) *Riss , Fehler in einem Edelstein u.s.w. — c) *Zahn. — d) Bremse. — e) Harnisch. — f) *Gelenk am Körper. — g) Nomen proprium eines Asura. — h) [Mahābhārata 9,2582] fehlerhaft für śaśa. —
3) *f. ī eine kleine Bremsenart.
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Starts with (+1): Damshabhiru, Damshabhiruka, Damshaccheda, Damshaceshta, Damshaceshtita, Damshadesha, Damshadvaya, Damshaka, Damshakarana, Damshaki, Damshakotha, Damshamashaka, Damshamula, Damshana, Damshanashini, Damsharupa, Damshavadana, Damshavadarana, Damshavedana, Damsheccha.
Ends with (+22): Abadamsha, Adamsha, Ajadamsha, Alpadashanadamsha, Angulisamdamsha, Arbudamsha, Asitahidamsha, Avadamsha, Candamsha, Cidamsha, Dvidamsha, Jadamsha, Karasamdamsha, Khedamta, Kshamadamsha, Lingopadamsha, Mandamsha, Mrigadamsha, Mukhasamdamsha, Nirdamsha.
Full-text (+117): Damsas, Damshi, Damshamula, Vrikadamsha, Damsh, Damshavadana, Sadamshavadana, Damshabhiru, Uddamsha, Mrigadamsha, Sudamsas, Damshanashini, Gomakshika, Vidamsha, Avadamsha, Damshamashaka, Kshamadamsha, Sadamshaka, Damshana, Vrishadamsha.
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