daMqin a. [ daMqa-astyarTe ini ] Bearing or having a staff. — m. 1 A Brāhmaṇa of the fourth order, a Saṃnyāsin . 2 A doorkeeper, porter. 3 An oarsman. 4 A Jaina ascetic. 5 An epithet of Yama. 6 A king. 7 A religious mendicant (Bhikṣu). 8 An epithet of Śiva. 9 N. of a poet, author of the Kāvyādarśa and Daśakumāracarita; jAte jagati vAlnIke kavirityaBiDA'Bavat . kavI iti tato vyAse kavayastvayi daMqini .. Udb. Comp. — muMqaH an epithet of Śiva.
daMqin Author of the Daśakumāracarita and Kāvyādarśa. He flourished in the latter half of the sixth century, and was a contemporary of Bāṇa, according to Mādhavācārya.