masculine
Damaka (adjective/noun) [= dama] 1. subduing, taming; converting; one who practises self-control M I 446 (assa°); III 2 (the same) Ja I 349 (kula° bhikkhu), one who teaches a clan self-mastery 505 (go°, assa°, hatthi°); Thig 422 (= kāruññāya paresaṃ cittassa damaka Thig-a 268). 2. one who practises self-mortification by living on the remnants of offered food (Childers) Abh 467.
one who subsists on leavings in return for service or as an ascetic practice
【形】 馴獸師，控制者，訓練者。
damaka a. Taming, subduing, conquering.
(masc, masc, agent, in comps, from dammati) tamer; trainer tamer, controller, trainer Construction: √dam + aka