one who subsists on leavings in return for service or as an ascetic practice.

…paresaṃ cittassa damaka Thag-a.268). 2. one who practises self-mortification by living on the remnants of offered food (Childers)…

horse-breaker, a horse-tamer

cattle-trainer; a cattle-driver.

…or keeper Ja.i.187.

• -damaka elephant tamer MN.iii.132, MN.iii.136; Snp-a.161.
• -damma an elephant in…

Koṇḍa-

damaka (?) Ja.iv.389; also as variant reading B at Ja.ii.209.

cp. kuṇḍa