bond, fetter, rope; chain, wreath, garland SN.iv.163 (read dāmena for damena), SN.iv.282, (id.); AN.iii.393 (dāmena baddho); Snp.28 (= vacchakānaṃ bandhanatthāya katā ganthitā nandhipasayuttā rajjubandhanavisesā); Vism.108. usually -˚, viz. anoja-puppha Ja.i.9; Ja.vi.227; olambaka˚ Vv-a.32; kusuma˚ Ja.iii.394 gandha˚ Ja.i.178; Vv-a.173, Vv-a.198; puppha˚ Ja.i.397; Vv-a.198; mālā˚ Ja.ii.104; rajata˚ Ja.i.50; Ja.iii.184; Ja.iv.91 rattapuppha˚ Ja.iii.30; sumana˚ Ja.iv.455.

Sk. dāman to dyati to bind (Gr. δίδημι), *dé, as in Gr. δέσμα (rope), διάδημα (diadem), ὑπόδημα (sandal)