Ḍaṃsa [see ḍasati] a yellow fly, gadfly (originally "the bite") Nidd II §268 (= piṅgala-makkhika, same at Ja III 263 and Pj II 101); usually in combination with other biting or stinging sensations, as °siriṃsapa Snp 52, and frequent in compound ḍaṃsa-makasa-vātātapa-siriṃsapa-samphassa M I 10 = A II 117, 143 = III 163; A III 388; V 15; Vin I 3; Nidd II sub voce (enumerated under various kinds of dukkhā); Vism 31 (here explained as ḍaṃsana-makkhikā or andha-makkhikā).
【陽】 虻。
(masc, masc, from ḍaṃsati) gadfly; horsefly; stinging insect gadfly [lit.] biting Construction: √ḍaṃs + a