धौम्यdhaumya

धौम्य (dhaumya) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of an ancient sage, a son of Vyaghrapada, a pupil of Valmiki, of several authors, a patronymic from Dhuma, a patronymic name. Its 11 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Various Other Sages Named Dhaumya, General, Etymological, and Summary Accounts, Priest of the Pāṇḍavas.

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Various Other Sages Named Dhaumya

4 definitions

a son of Vyaghrapada

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a pupil of Valmiki

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

name of one or more rishis

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Madhyamadhvaryu Kashyapa

— The Purana Index

General, Etymological, and Summary Accounts

3 definitions

Name of an ancient sage

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a patronymic name

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A patronymic from Dhuma. 2. Name of an ancient sage, a son of Vyaghrapada. 3. A younger brother of Devala, family priest of the Pandavas, and a pupil of Valmiki.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Priest of the Pāṇḍavas

3 definitions

a younger brother of Devala and family priest of the Pandavas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The purohita of the Pandavas and younger brother of Asita Devala

धौम्य (dhaumya) [Printed book page 246-1]
Dhaumya¹, the purohita of the Pāṇḍavas, younger brother

of Asita Devala. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 420.—§ 230

(Dhaumyapurohitakaraṇa): I, 183, 6914 (yavīyān Devala-

syaiṣa…bhrātā), 6918 (°āśramaṃ), 6919 (became the

purohita of the Pāṇḍavas).—§ 240 (Vaivāhikap.): I, 198,

†7338 (performed the nuptial rites of the Pāṇḍavas).—

§ 253 (Haraṇāharaṇap.): I, 221, 8047 (performed the

cūḍopanayanāni of the Pāṇḍavas' children).—§ 254 (Khāṇḍa-

vadahanap.): I, 222, 8057 (°ādayo viprāḥ).—§ 262

(Bhagavadyāna): II, 2, 27, 28.—§ 264 (Sabhākriyāp.):

II, 4α, 107 (the same?).—§ 272 (Rājasūyārambhap.): II,

13, 542 (°Dvaipāyanādyaiḥ).—§ 277 (Jarāsandhavadhap.):

II, 24, 977.—§ 286 (Rājasūyikap.): II, 33, 1220, 1233,

1239 (acted as hotṛ at the rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira).—

§ 296 (Dyūtap.): II, 53, 1917 (sprinkled water over

Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 305 (Anudyūtap.): II, 78, 2570 (brahma-

viduttamaḥ), 2575.—§ 306 (do.): II, 80, 2622, (α), 2627,

2641, 2642 (Dh. went away holding kuśa grass, which

pointed to the south-west (Nairṛtāṃ), and singing sāmans

relating to Yama, and indicating the songs which would

be sung when the Bharatas had been slain in battle).—

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§ 310 (Āraṇyakap.): III, 3, 134, (135), 145, (146) (com-

municated to Yudhiṣṭhira a hymn to the Sun (Sūrya)), 162,

209 (had obtained the hymn from Nārada), 211, 218.—

§ 316 (Kirmīravadhap.): III, 11, 403 (Rākṣasīṃ māyāṃ…

mantraiḥ…nāśayām āsa).—§ 317 (Arjunābhigamanap.):

III, 12, 577.—§ 321 (Saubhavadhop.): III, 22, 894.—

§ 323 (Dvaitavanapr.): III, 25, †947, †963.—§ 330 (Indra-

darśana): III, 37, 1492.—§ 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III,

86, 8276 (Pitāmahasamaṃ); 87, 8297 (Bṛhaspatisamaṃ);

88, (8326); 89, (8354); 90, (8372) (Dhaumya describes

to Yudhiṣṭhira various tīrthas).—§ 378 (Tīrthayātrāp.):

III, 91, 8407; 92, 8447; 93, 8470, 8474, 8483.—

§ 419 (Gandhamādanapr.): III, 140, 10843.—§ 423 (do.):

III, 143, 10977; 144, 11000; 145, 11019.—§ 434

(Saugandhikāh.): III, 156, 11448 (dvijaḥ).—§ 436 (Yakṣa-

yuddhap.): III, 158, 11558; 159, 11630, 11637.—§ 438

(do.): III, 161, 11740.—§ 439 (do.): III, 163, 11841, 11842,

11843 (describes the Mandara mountain, etc., to Yudhiṣṭhira).

—§ 440 (do.): III, 164, †11896.—§ 441 (Nivātakavaca-

yuddhap.): III, 165, †11906.—§ 450 (Ājagarap.): III,

179, 12442; 181, 12534.—§ 451 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 182,

12556; 183, 12565, †12578.—§ 522 (Draupadīharaṇap.):

III, 264, 15575 (purodhasaḥ); 268, †15661, †15663,

(15664), 15666; 269, †15691, †15692; 271, 15749, 15756

(tries to protect Draupadī against Jayadratha).—§ 548

(Āraṇeyap.): III, 315, 17457, 17469, 17476.—§ 549

(Pāṇḍavapr.): IV, 4, 88, (89), 136, 139 (in the thirteenth

year Dh., with the sacred fires of the Pāṇḍavas, set out towards

the Pāñcālas).—§ 567 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 126, 4215

(yāvad Dh°o na medhāgnau juhotīha dviṣadbalaṃ).—§ 569

(do.): V, 140α, 4741 (agniṃ juhotu vai Dh°aḥ).—§ 620

(Śrāddhap.): XI, 26α, 779, 782 (performed the śrāddha

of the fallen).—§ 635 (Rājadh.): XII, 38, 1409.—§ 637

(do.): XII, 40α, 1447, 1454; 41β, 1480; 44δ, 1529, 1538;

47η, 1598 (the same?, among the ṛṣis who surrounded

Bhīṣma as he lay on his arrow-bed).—§ 734 (Ānuśāsanik.):

XIII, 26α, 1765 (the same?, among the ṛṣis who had

come to see Bhīṣma).—§ 768 (do.): XIII, 139α, 6298 (the

same?).—§ 787 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 15τ, 435.—§ 788

(do.): XV, 23, 632.—Some of these quotations may perhaps

refer to one of the ṛṣis under the heading Dhaumya².

Cf. Āgniveśya.

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Name of an ancient sage and priest.

— The Purana Index

Author or Textual Associations

1 definition

of several authors

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 5 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.