dhāman

n. [dhā-manin] 1 A dwell- ing-place, abode, residence, house; turāsāhaṃ purodhāya dhāma svāyaṃbhuvaṃ yayuḥ Ku. 2. 1, 44; puṇyaṃ yāyāstribhuvanagurordhāma caṃḍīśvarasya Me. 33; Bg....

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[apte] n. [dhā-manin] 1 A dwell- ing-place, abode, residence, house; turāsāhaṃ purodhāya dhāma svāyaṃbhuvaṃ yayuḥ Ku. 2. 1, 44; puṇyaṃ yāyāstribhuvanagurordhāma caṃḍīśvarasya Me. 33; Bg. 8. 21; Bh. 1. 33. --2 A place, site, resort; śriyo dhāma. --3 The inmates of a house, members of a family. --4 A ray of light; dhāmnātiśāyayati dhāma sahasradhāmnaḥ Mu. 3. 17; Śi. 9. 53. --5 Light, lustre, splendour; Mu. 3. 17; Ki. 2. 20,...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: NOUN
Occurrences: 519
Texts: 73

DCS: the worship of Durgā (a ceremony performed at the great Durgā festival)

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Appears in 88 texts.

Abhidhanacintamani Aitareya-Aranyaka Aitareyabrahmana Amarusataka Anandakanda Apastambasrautasutra Aryasaptasati Astangahrdayasamhita Atharvaprayascittani Baudhayanasrautasutra Bhagavatapurana Bhallatasataka Bharadvajasrautasutra Bharatamanjari Buddhacarita Carakasamhita Drahyayanasrautasutra Garudapurana Gitagovinda Gopathabrahmana Haribhaktivilasa Harsacarita Hathayogapradipika Hiranyakesigrhyasutra Jaiminigrhyasutra Jaiminiya-Upanisad-Brahmana Jaiminiyabrahmana Janmamaranavicara Kathakasamhita Katharanyaka Kathasaritsagara Katyayanasrautasutra Kausikasutra Kausitakibrahmana Kavyadarsa Kavyalamkara Kiratarjuniya Kokilasamdesa Krsnamrtamaharnava Kumarasambhava Kurmapurana Lingapurana Maitrayanisamhita Manavagrhyasutra Matsyapurana Meghaduta Mrgendratantra Mrgendratika Mukundamala Mundakopanisad Natyasastravivrti Pancavimsabrahmana Paraskaragrhyasutra Rajanighantu Rasaprakasasudhakara Rasaratnasamuccaya Rasarnava Rgvedakhilani Sankhayanagrhyasutra Sankhayanaranyaka Sankhayanasrautasutra Satakatraya Satapathabrahmana Satvatatantra Saundarananda Sivasutravartika Skandapurana Spandakarikanirnaya Svetasvataropanisad Taittiriyabrahmana Taittiriyaranyaka Taittiriyasamhita Tantraloka Tantrasara Vaikhanasagrhyasutra Vaikhanasasrautasutra Vatulanathasutravrtti Visnupurana Yajnavalkyasmrti Yogaratnakara atharvaveda-paippalada atharvaveda-saunaka mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata rgveda skandapurana-revakhanda vajasaneyisamhita-madhyandina

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Tantrāloka 48 · 9.2%Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā 44 · 8.5%Taittirīyasaṃhitā 34 · 6.6%Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) 32 · 6.2%Bhāgavatapurāṇa 27 · 5.2%

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Mṛgendraṭīkāsurface: dhām

itthaṃ pṛthag anayoḥ padayorarthaṃ pradarśya vigrahaṃ karoti vāmaṃ dhāmeti

Bhāgavatapurāṇasurface: dhāma

antaḥ kaliṃ yadukulasya vidhāya veṇustambasya vahnim iva śāntim upaimi dhāma

Bhāgavatapurāṇasurface: dhāma

āsthāya dhāma ramamāṇa udārakīrtiḥ saṃhartum aicchata kulaṃ sthitakṛtyaśeṣaḥ