damaTa · masculine
Damatha [Sanskrit damatha] taming, subduing, mastery, restraint, control M I 235; D III 54 (+ samatha); Dhp 35 (cittassa d.); Pv-a 265; Dīp VI 36.
damatha , m. (= Pali , Skt. Lex. , id. ), restraint, control : duṣṭanāgā °tham āgacchanti Divy 185.24 ; esp. self-control , ātma-damatha Mv i.127.17 ; iii.52.18 ; tri- ( Divy 95.14 trividha-)-damatha-vastu-kuśala Divy 95.14 ; 124.13 ; 264.28 ; Av i.16.11 (presumably control of body, speech, and mind); damathaḥ (context not clear) Mvy 6727 .
taming; subduing; restraint; mastery
(masc, masc, abstr, from dama) taming; control; mastery; self-control taming, subjugation, restraint, mastery Construction: √dam + a + tha dama + tha