(-˚) adjective one who blows Mil.31; see *vaṃsa*˚, sankh˚, singa˚.

…MN.ii.207 = SN.iv.322

• -dhamaka a conch blower, trumpeter Ja.i.284; Ja.vi.7
• -nābhi a kind of shell…

…Dhp-a.i.216.

• -dhamaka blowing a horn Mil.31.

Vedic śṛnga, cp. Gr. κάρνον, κραγγών; Lat. cornu =…

…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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adjective one who throws away or does away with; destroying, clearing away Mil.344 (kilesa-mala-duggandha˚).

fr. vidhamati