dAman n. [ do-manin ] 1 A string, thread, fillet, rope. 2 A chaplet, a garland in general; Adye badDA virahadivase yA SiKA dAma hitvA Me. 92 ; kanakacaMpakadAmagOrIM Ch. P. 1 ; Śi. 4. 50. 3 A line, streak (as of lightning); vidyuddAmnA hemarAjIva viMDyaM M. 3. 20 ; Me. 27. 4 A large bandage. 5 Ved. A gift. 6 A portion, share. 7 A girdle. Comp. — aMcalaM , — aMjanaM a foot-rope for horses, &c.; Śi. 5. 61. — udaraH an epithet of Kṛṣṇa.