lowest, worst; most vile.

…(uttamâdhama), Ja.v.437 (id.), Ja.v.397 Sdhp.387.

Vedic adhama = Lat. infimus, superl. of adho, q.v.

…Goth. undar, E. under, Ind. *n̊dher-; superl. adhamaḥ Lat. infimus

to blow frequently, strongly or incessantly Mil.117.

cp. Sk. dadhmāti, Intens. to dhamati

man (in poetry esp. a brave, strong heroic man), pl. either “men” or “people” (the latter e.g. at Snp.776, Snp.1082; Pv.i.11#12)
■ AN.i.130 AN.ii.5; AN.iii.53; Snp.39, Snp.96, Snp.116, Snp.329, Snp. …

to have need of to be in want of (c. gen.) Ja.v.90 (Com. explains by upatappati milāyati; thinking perhaps of nalo va chinno).

Sk. nādhate = nāthate (see nātha), only in nadhamān …

man (as representative of the male sex, contrasted to itthi woman, e.g. at AN.iii.209; AN.iv.197; Ja.i.90; Ja.v.72; Pv-a.51). Definitions of the C. are “puriso nāma manussa-puriso …

…Thag-a.160.

• -adhama most contemptible Ja.v.394, Ja.v.437.
• -guṇā (pl.) loftiest virtues Ja.i.96. *…

an outcaste; a low person, wretch; adj. vile, foul Vin.ii.221; Snp.116–Snp.136; Ja.iv.388; Snp-a.183, -f. vasalī outcaste wretched woman SN.i.160; Ja.iv.121, Ja.iv.375; Dhp-a.i.189; Dhp-a.iii.11 …

…pipe (cp. Mil.31: “vaṃsadhamaka”), as oldest reading is to be pointed out. On vaṃsa in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 134.

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