ध्मातृ

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Monier-Williams

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

ध्मातृ m. a blower , smelter or melter (of metal) RV. v , 9 , 5

ध्मातृ n. a contrivance for blowing or melting ib.

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Dhmātṛ (lit. ‘blower’) occurs twice in one passage of the Rigveda in the two forms, dhmātā, nom. ‘smelter,’ and dhmātarī, which, according to the Padapāṭha, stands for dhmātari, a locative probably meaning ‘in the smelting furnace.’ Geldner, Bartholomae, and Oldenburg regard the latter form as a locative infinitive, ‘in the smelting.’ Ludwig and Neisser think dhmātarī is a nom. sing. masc. used in the same sense as dhmātā. Smelting is also clearly referred to, and the smelter is described as using the wings of birds (parṇa śakunānām) to fan the flame. That the art was widely applied is shown by the fact that reference is made to arrows with points of Ayas, to kettles which were fashioned of the same metal and could be placed upon a fire, and to Soma cups of beaten Ayas.