Meaning of डम्भ

[V Subrahmanian]

Namaste

I would like to know the meaning of the following:

What does डम्भ  mean?

The context is the 3 nAma-s in shrii subrahmaNya aShTottara shatanAmAvali :

1. डम्भाय नमः

2. महाडम्भाय नमः

3. परमडम्भाय नमः

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subrahmanian.v

[Nagaraj Paturi]

डम्भ  may mean mystic , hidden, not understood on face value etc. 

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[Hari Parshad Das]

please see the file attached.

also parvati stotra has one term — kaca-śobhā-jita-kāla-megha-ḍambhe

sādhu-caraṇa-rajo 'bhilāṣī,

hari parshad das.

On Friday, March 3, 2017 at 12:19:51 PM UTC+5:30, Nagaraj Paturi wrote:

डम्भ  may mean mystic , hidden, not understood on face value etc. 

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 11:46 AM, V Subrahmanian <v.subra...@gmail.com> wrote:

Namaste

I would like to know the meaning of the following:

What does डम्भ  mean?

The context is the 3 nAma-s in shrii subrahmaNya aShTottara shatanAmAvali :

1. डम्भाय नमः

2. महाडम्भाय नमः

3. परमडम्भाय नमः

Thanks and regards

subrahmanian.v

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[Nagaraj Paturi]

The shared file gives Dambha = wielder of Indra's vajra

But the word has several usages with the meaning outer look being different from inner reality

dambhaachaarah in Bh G 

daambhika = pompous

mystic , hidden, not understood on face value etc. match with the famous name Guha of Subrahmanya

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[Hari Parshad Das]

For another novel interpretation, one can use the popular rule डलयोरभेदः and interpret परमडम्भः etc. as परमलम्भः। Meaning of लम्भः is given in Apte's dictionary and other koshas.

sādhu-caraṇa-rajo 'bhilāṣī,

hari parshad das.

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[sunil bhattacharjya]

To my knowledge :"Dambha" also means "pride" or  "high-self-esteem"..

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[Dipak Bhattacharya]

4.3.17

Dear Sir,

ḍambha is a loanword, and hence apparently, of the avyutpanna category. PIE had no retroflex. Burrow (95ff) extensively deals with the retroflexes under the heading ‘THE CEREBRALS’. They are original to the Dravidic languages. Both OIA and Austric developed them under Dravidic influence.

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DB

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To my knowledge :"Dambha" also means "pride" or  "high-self-esteem"..

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On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 11:19 PM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagara...@gmail.com> wrote:

[श्रीमल्ललितालालितः]

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 11:46 AM, V Subrahmanian <v.subra...@gmail.com> wrote:

1. डम्भाय नमः

2. महाडम्भाय नमः

3. परमडम्भाय नमः

​I've also seen a usage of this word in a stotram about devI, hRdayAmRtam, which was authored by jagannAtha/umAnandanAtha(a disciple of bhAskararAya/bhAsurAnandanAtha).

It was as -

अलं समवलम्बितैरमरशम्भलीविभ्रम-
भ्रमास्पदपदप्रदैरदृढशर्मभि: कर्मभि: ।
त्रिलोचनविलोभने तुलितबिम्बडम्भे रुचा
मनो विश मनोहरे मधुरधर्मणि ब्रह्मणि ॥६॥

​One must recognise that the used word is डम्भ, not दम्भ.

So, looking at dictionary and suggesting the meaning of दम्भ here as meaning of डम्भ is wrong, unless we have proof from lexicon.

​

​कचशोभाजितकालमेघडम्भे and तुलितबिम्बडम्भे रुचा , these usages of the word डम्भ in the compound hint that it may mean pride(which makes it equivalent of दम्भ).

However, unless I see some proof from older commentaries, I'll treat it as a good guess work.

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[Hari Parshad Das]

Here is a proof from an older commentary. Please see the attached image. You can see this proof at : https://books.google.co.in/books?id=fe0XAAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD&dq=%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y

sādhu-caraṇa-rajo 'bhilāṣī,

hari parshad das.

 

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[Hari Parshad Das]

Also in Sri Harsha's द्विरूपकोषः, the following is written:

जतुकं च जतु प्रोक्तं जवनं च जवस्तथा।
झल्लरीझल्लरिश्चापि डम्भो दम्भो ढुली डुली॥

Source: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/shishupalavadha-ign/O_UI7oKw9t4

sādhu-caraṇa-rajo 'bhilāṣī,

hari parshad das.

[श्रीमल्ललितालालितः]

Thanks, hari parshad das ji for providing proof.
That ends my doubts and query of original poster too.

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[K S Kannan]

Cf.

jagad-durita-ghasmarā jaladhi-ḍimbha-ḍambha-spṛśas

sakṛt-praṇata-rakṣaṇa-prathita-saṁvidas saṁvidaḥ

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[V Subrahmanian]

On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Hari Parshad Das <hpd...@gmail.com> wrote:

Also in Sri Harsha's द्विरूपकोषः, the following is written:

जतुकं च जतु प्रोक्तं जवनं च जवस्तथा।
झल्लरीझल्लरिश्चापि डम्भो दम्भो ढुली डुली॥

Source: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/shishupalavadha-ign/O_UI7oKw9t4

In this BG verse:

दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च।

अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम्।।16.4।।

The word दम्भः is used by most ancient commentaries. However, in this case the word is डम्भः -

Brahmasutra anuvyākhyāna of Madhva:

 डम्भो दर्पोऽतिमाश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च  

In the Mahabharata too this word seems to be used:

http://sarit.indology.info/exist/apps/sarit/works/%C5%9B%C4%81ntiparva__adhy%C4%81ya_058.html

डम्भो लिङ्गं समाश्रित्य शत्रुवर्गे प्रयुज्यते 

In the Śanaiścara sahasranāma:

डम्बरप्रभवो डम्भो ढक्कानादप्रियङ्करः ॥

In the Subrahmanya sahasranāma:

डम्बरप्रभवो डम्भो डम्बो डमरुकप्रियः 

It looks like this type of stuti is common for  devatā-s and is a bhūṣaṇam rather than a defect in their case:

Lakshmisahasranāma: महाभूता महादर्पा महासारा महाक्रतुः ।

Lalitasahasranāma: गम्भीरा गगनान्तस्था गर्विता गानलोलुपा 

Thanks to all scholars who provided very useful leads to my question.

warm regards

subrahmanian.v

[Hari Parshad Das]

i request admins to mark this thread as completed.

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Yes, the thread is being declared as closed. 

Any points not directly related to the initial question may be posted as a new thread. 

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