Damani

Damani (दामनी) Damini (दामिनी) was an ancient republic of Ayudhjivi Sangha known to Panini.

Variants

• Damani दामणि (AS, p.430)

Jat clans from Damani

• Damal
• Damara
• Damas
• Dhami
• Dhamora

Mention by Panini

Damani (दामनि), a warlike tribe is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Damani = Eldamani (Pliny.vi.30)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Mesopotamia.... Joining up to these in the interior is an Arabian people, called the Eldamani, and above them, upon the river Pallaconta, the town of Bura, and the Arabian peoples known as the Salmani and the Masei.

History

V. S. Agrawala mentions the names of Ayudhjivi Sanghas in the Panini's Sutras which include Damani (V.3.116) – There is a strong resemblance between the name of this Sangha and a powerful warlike tribe still known as Damani and settled in the north-western portion of Baluchistan known as Chagai lying to the south of Chagai Hills (Imp Gaz. Vol X, p.117).

दामणि

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...दामणि (AS, p.430) - दामणि गणराज्य का उल्लेख पाणिनि ने 'अष्टाध्यायी' में किया है। इसका अभिज्ञान अनिश्चित है। संभव है कि दामणि, तामिल प्रदेश का कोई गणराज्य रहा हो। तामिल शब्द का प्राचीन उच्चारण दामिल, द्रामिड़ या द्राविड़ है। दामणि, द्रामिड़ का रूपान्तर हो सकता है।

Jat History

Maheswari Prasad considers many gotras to be originated from ancient Trigarta clan named Damani. He writes that it appears that at the time of the final redaction of the Mahabharata the tradition of the six important clans of the Trigartas was well established. It is carious to note that in connection with the application of a suffix Panini makes a reference to the Damini (दामिनी) group and the six Trigartas (दामन्यादि त्रिगर्तसष्टाच्छ: v.3.116). On the basis of an ancient verse the Kashika commentary names these as Kauṇḍoparastha (कौण्डोपरस्थ) , Dāṇḍakī (दाण्डकी), Krauṣṭakī (क्रौष्टकी), Jālamāni (जालमानि), Brāhmagupta (ब्रह्मगुप्त), and Jānaki (जानकी). These communities mentioned in the grammatical literature can be identified with following Jat Gotra names:

• (1) Damani (दामनी)/(दामिनी): Damal , Damara, Damas, Dhami, Dhamora

• (2) Kauṇḍoparastha (कौण्डोपरस्थ): Kundu, Kadwasra, Kandoli, Kondal, Kont, Konth

• (3) Dāṇḍakī (दाण्डकी): Dangi,

• (4) Krauṣṭakī (क्रौष्टकी): Khanda, Khandaulia, Khandel, Khandia Khandaya, Khodiwal,

• (5) Jālamāni (जालमानि): Jali,

• (6) Brāhmagupta (ब्राह्मगुप्त): Brahman, Brahma, Brahmayan and

• (7) Jānaki (जानकि): Janar, Janvar, Janak, Janal, Janawa.

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Bhim Singh Dahiya provides us Clan Identification Chart from Damani:

Sl	West Asian/Iranian	Greek	Chines	Central Asian	Indian	Present name
35.	-	-	-	Tama	Damani	Dhama

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Hukum Singh Panwar (Pauria) provides us identification of clans from 'Tribal and Geographical Identifications based on India in Greece' by E. Pococke, Indian Reprint, Oriental Publishers, Delhi-6.

S.No.	Name of tribe	From	To	Altered name	Country
28.	Daman/Damani*/ Damas	W. of Indus	A.Damania/ A.Thamania	Thamanian	Greece

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^* Solar & Lunar (children of the sun and the moon in Greece). Solar the earliest emigrants to Greece.

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