# धौम्य (dhaumya)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `DOmya`  **IAST:** dhaumya  **Devanagari:** धौम्य
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaumya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/dhaumya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Various Other Sages Named Dhaumya (4 definitions)
- a son of Vyaghrapada  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Vyāghra-pāda, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=102127 ]
- a pupil of Valmiki  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a pupil of Vālmīki, Rāmāyaṇa (Title) [ ID=102129 ]
- name of one or more rishis  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > [Printed book page 246-2 ] Dhaumya 2, name of one or more ṛṣis. § 545 (Pativratā- māhātmyap.): III, 298, (16876).—§ 665 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 208 θ, 7596 (one of the ṛṣis of the west).—§ 730 g (Upamanyu): XIII, 14, 702 (son of Vyāghrapāda).—§ 766 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 127, (6070).—§ 775 (do.): XIII, 166 ζ, 7672 (one of the ṛṣis of the north).—Some of these quotations may also refer to Dhaumya 1. [ ID=3469 ]
- Madhyamadhvaryu Kashyapa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Dhaumya (II) — Madhyamādhvaryu Kaśyapa. Br. II. 33. 15. [ ID=6769 ]

### General, Etymological, and Summary Accounts (3 definitions)
- Name of an ancient sage  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 520,3] धौम्य (dhaumya) m. ( patr. fr. धूम (dhūma) g. गर्गा (gargā) दि (di) ) N. of an ancient Ṛṣi, Mahābhārata (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title); Purāṇas (Literary category) [ ID=102126 ]
- a patronymic name  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > धौम्य (dhaumya) [Printed book page 257 ] धौम्य (dhaumya) m. patron. names. [ ID=15569 ]
- 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)*
  > धौम्य (dhaumya) [Printed book page 0460-c ] Dhaumya, as, m. a patronymic from Dhūma; N. of an ancient Ṛṣi; a son of Vyāghra-pāda; a younger brother of Devala and family priest of the Pāṇḍavas; a pupil of Vālmīki. —Dhaumya-śikṣā, f. ‘the science of Dhaumya,’ N. of a chapter of the Purāṇa-sarva-sva. [ ID=23588 ]

### Priest of the Pāṇḍavas (3 definitions)
- a younger brother of Devala and family priest of the Pandavas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a younger brother of Devala and family priest of the Pāṇḍavas, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=102128 ]
- The purohita of the Pandavas and younger brother of Asita Devala  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > धौम्य (dhaumya) [Printed book page 246-1 ] Dhaumya 1, 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, 4 α, 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).— Page246-b+ 63 § 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, 140 α, 4741 ( agniṃ juhotu vai Dh°aḥ ).—§ 620 (Śrāddhap.): XI, 26 α, 779, 782 (performed the śrāddha of the fallen).—§ 635 (Rājadh.): XII, 38, 1409.—§ 637 (do.): XII, 40 α, 1447, 1454; 41 β, 1480; 44 δ, 1529, 1538; 47 η, 1598 (the same?, among the ṛṣis who surrounded Bhīṣma as he lay on his arrow-bed).—§ 734 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 26 α, 1765 (the same?, among the ṛṣis who had come to see Bhīṣma).—§ 768 (do.): XIII, 139 α, 6298 (the same?).—§ 787 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 15 τ, 435.—§ 788 (do.): XV, 23, 632.—Some of these quotations may perhaps refer to one of the ṛṣis under the heading Dhaumya 2. Cf. Āgniveśya. [ ID=3468 ]
- Name of an ancient sage and priest.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > धौम्य (dhaumya) [Printed book page 2-185 ] Dhaumya (I) — was invited for Yudhiṣṭhira's Rāja- sūya; 1 followed Yudhiṣṭhira on a visit to the dying Bhīṣma; 2 grieved at Kṛṣṇa's departure from Hastināpura. 3 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. X. 74. 9.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. I. 9. 2.] [ Footnote: 3) Ib. I. 10. 10, 12-3] [ ID=6768 ]

### Author or Textual Associations (1 definition)
- of several authors  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of sev. authors, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=102130 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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