Ḍama (Jāti)

Ḍama · ḍama, “a mixed jāti, son of a Leṭa and a Caṇḍāla woman”

Grammar: masculine noun; the name of a mixed jāti.

Meaning: a jāti born of a Leṭa father and a Caṇḍāla mother.

In the scriptures: in the Brahma Khaṇḍa, Sauti tells Śaunaka the jātis of the world and their relations, in the account of how the mixed jātis arose. The Leṭa, who is also called Dasyu, was born of a Tīvara father and a Tailakāra mother. From a Leṭa and a Caṇḍāla woman two sons were born, Haḍḍi and Ḍama (Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 10).

Sources

• Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 10