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damena

dama

masc instr sg of dama (noun); masc instr sg of damas (noun)

1. dama (masc): taming; restraint; self-control
2. damas (masc): taming; restraint; self-control

Built from

• dam — root · tame, subdue
  The root √dam means literally to break in or domesticate a wild animal; in Pali texts it applies to taming the mind and senses as the foundation of the path. Cognate with Latin domāre and English tame, all from Indo-European *dom- 'to tame'.

Etymology. From root √dam (to tame, subdue). Cognate with Latin domāre (to tame), English tame, and Greek damnāmi (to subdue). The root carries the concrete sense of bringing a wild thing under control, extended to mastery of one's own faculties in Buddhist ethics.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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