daMS:- daMS

daMS ¦ cl. 1. (originally cl. 6.) da/Sati (Pāṇ. vi, 4, 25; Ā. MBh. i, 1798 & Hariv. 4302; p. da/Sat, RV. &c.; pf. dadaMSa; pl. °Sur, R. i, 45, 20; p. dadaSva/s, RV. iv, 38, 6; fut. daNkzyati, Bhaṭṭ.; daMzwA, Pāṇ. vii, 2, 10; Kār.; 1. pl. daSizyAmas, MBh. i, 1605; aor. adANkzIt, Vop.; pl. ur, Bhaṭṭ.; ind.p. daMzwvA, TāṇḍyaBr.; cl. 1. daMSati, Cāṇ.)
to bite, RV.; AV.; ŚBr. &c.:
Caus. to cause to bite, Kauś.;
to cause to be bitten by (instr.), MBh. i, 2243; iii, 544; Suśr. iv, 14, 6 and 12 :
Intens. dandaSyate, °SIti, Pāṇ. iii, 1, 24; vii, 4, 86;
dandazwi, aMzwi, Vop. xx, 19;
p. da/ndaSAna (cf. °SU/ka) repeatedly biting, RV. x, 95, 9:
Caus. of Intens. (ind.p. dandaSayitvA) causing to be bitten by (instr.), Daś. i, 142;