[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s18.69 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.69 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.69 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.69) Dama, ‘house,’ is a word that occurs several times in the Rigveda.¹ It denotes, according to Roth,² the place in which a man wields uncontrolled power (from the root \*dam\*, ‘control’). - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.68) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.70) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.69) · Pramāṇa