masculine, adjective & masculine
Dama (adjective/noun) (a neuter damo the instrumental damasā) [Vedic dama; Anglo-Saxon tam = English tame, Old High German zam to °demā in dameti] taming, subduing; self-control, self-command, moderation D I 53 (dānena damena saṃyamena = It 15; explained at Sv I 160 as indriya-damena uposatha-kammena) III 147, 229; S I 4, 29, 168 = Snp 463 (saccena danto damasā upeto); S IV 349; A I 151; II 152 f.; M III 269 (+ upasama); Snp 189, 542 (°ppatta), 655; Dhp 9, 25, 261; Nett 77; Miln 24 (sudanto uttame dame). duddama hard to tame or control Dhp 159; Pv-a 280; Saddh 367. — arindama taming the enemy (q.v.).
(masculine) self control, self restraint; subduing; forbearance; (according to commentaries) understanding, wisdom; (adjective) that is self-restraint
(masc, masc, from dammati) taming; restraint; self-control taming, subjugation, restraint, mastery Construction: √dam + a