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dāná [ dAna ]

1. n. the act of giving, RV., ŚBr., MBh. etc.

giving in marriage ( cf. kanyā- )

giving up ( cf. prāṇa-, ātma-, śarīra-, Pañc. ii )

communicating, imparting, teaching ( cf. brahma- )

paying back, restoring, Mn., Yājñ.

adding, addition ( VarBṛS. )

donation, gift [ Lat. donum ], RV., ŚBr. etc. ( °naṃdā, to offer a gift, Mn., Yājñ., Hit. etc.

°nam prayam, to bestow a gift, Mn. iv, 234 )

oblation ( cf. udaka-, havir- )

liberality ( cf. 2. dāna )

bribery, Mn. vii, 198 ( cf. upâya ).

dāná-kamalâkara [ dAnakamalAkara ]

m. N. of work.

dāná-kalpa-taru [ dAnakalpataru ]

m. N. of work.

dāná-kāma [ dAnakAma ]

( dā'° ), mfn. fond of giving, liberal, TS., TBr.

dāná-kusumâñjali [ dAnakusumAJjali ]

m. Name of work.

dā'na-keli-kaumudī [ dAnakelikaumudI ]

f. Name of work.

dāná-kaumudī [ dAnakaumudI ]

f. Name of work.

dāná-kaustubha [ dAnakaustubha ]

m. or n. Name of work.

dāná-kriyā-kaumudī [ dAnakriyAkaumudI ]

f. Name of work.

dāná-khaṇḍa [ dAnakhaNDa ]

n. N. of part 1 of Hemâdri's work.

dāná-candrikā [ dAnacandrikA ]

f. N. of work.

dāná-cyuta [ dAnacyuta ]

m. ' one who has abandoned liberality ', N. of a man ( g. kārtakaujapâdi ).

dāná-tas [ dAnatas ]

ind. through gifts, by liberality, MW.

dāná-darpaṇa [ dAnadarpaNa ]

m. N. of work.

dāná-dinakara [ dAnadinakara ]

m. N. of work.

dāná-dharma [ dAnadharma ]

m. duty of liberality, Mn., Hit., -kathana, n. -vidhi, m. °mâdhyâya, m. N. of works on alms-giving.

dāná-ṃ-dadā [ dAnaMdadA ]

f. N. of an Apsaras or of a female Gandharva, Kāraṇḍ.

dāná-pati [ dAnapati ]

m. ' liberality-lord ', munificent man, MBh., R.

N. of A-krūra, MBh., Hariv.

of a Daitya, Hariv.

dāná-pattra [ dAnapattra ]

n. deed of gift, MW.

dāná-paddhati [ dAnapaddhati ]

f. N. of work on the 16 offerings, RTL. 415.

dāná-para [ dAnapara ]

mfn. devoted to liberality

-tā f. liberality, Nāg. v, 29.

dāná-paribhāṣā [ dAnaparibhASA ]

f. N. of work.

dāná-pātra [ dAnapAtra ]

n. ' object of charity ', N. of a chapter of, PSarv.

dāná-pāramitā [ dAnapAramitA ]

f. perfection of liberality, Kāraṇḍ., Naish.

dāná-pārijāta [ dAnapArijAta ]

m. N. of work.

dāná-prakaraṇa [ dAnaprakaraNa ]

n. N. of work.

dāná-prakāśa [ dAnaprakAza ]

m. N. of work.

dāná-pradīpa [ dAnapradIpa ]

m. N. of work.

dāná-prātibhāvya [ dAnaprAtibhAvya ]

n. security for payment, W.

dāná-bhāgavata [ dAnabhAgavata ]

n. N. of work.

dāná-bhinna [ dAnabhinna ]

mfn. set at variance by bribes, Hit. iv, 39.

dāná-mañjarī [ dAnamaJjarI ]

f. N. of work.

dāná-manohara [ dAnamanohara ]

m. N. of work.

dāná-maya [ dAnamaya ]

mf ( ī ) n. consisting in liberality, L.

dāná-mayūkha [ dAnamayUkha ]

m. N. of work.

dāná-yogya [ dAnayogya ]

mfn. worthy of a gift, Daś.

dāná-vajra [ dAnavajra ]

m. ' whose weapon is liberality ' ( said of Vaiśyas ), MBh. i, 6487.

dāná-vat [ dAnavat ]

( dā'° ), mfn. having or bestowing gifts, liberal, RV. viii, 32, 12, MBh. xiii, 55.

dāná-varman [ dAnavarman ]

m. ' whose armour is liberality ', N. of a merchant, Kathās.

dāná-vaśī-kṛ [ dAnavazIkR ]

to make subject by bribery, Kathās.

dāná-vār [ dAnavAr ]

n. libation of water, Kāv.

dāná-vidhi [ dAnavidhi ]

m. N. of work.

dāná-vīra [ dAnavIra ]

m. ' liberality-hero ', munificent man, Kathās.

dāná-vyatyāsa [ dAnavyatyAsa ]

m. giving to a wrong person, W.

dāná-vrata [ dAnavrata ]

mfn. devoted to liberality

m. pl. N. of inhabitants of Śāka-dvipa, Bh. v, 20, 28.

dāná-śalā [ dAnazalA ]

f. hall for almsgiving, Subh. 127.

dāná-śālin [ dAnazAlin ]

mfn. rich in gifts

wet with rut-fluid, Siṅhâs., Introd. 9.

dāná-śīla [ dAnazIla ]

mfn. liberally disposed, Yājñ., MBh.

m. N. of a translator of, Lalit.

dāná-śūra [ dAnazUra ]

m. = -vīra, Kathās

N. of a Bodhisattva ( v.l. sūra ), Buddh.

dāná-śauṇḍa [ dAnazauNDa ]

mfn. ' intoxicated with giving ', very liberal, L.

dāná-sāgara [ dAnasAgara ]

m. ' gift-ocean ', N. of work.

dāná-stuti [ dAnastuti ]

f. ' praise of liberality ', N. of a kind of hymn.

dāná-hīna [ dAnahIna ]

mfn. deprived of gifts, MW.

dāná-hemâdri [ dAnahemAdri ]

m. = -khaṇḍa.

dānâdhikāra [ dAnAdhikAra ]

m. N. of a Buddh. work.

dānâpnas [ dAnApnas ]

mfn. abounding in gifts, Rv. x, 22, 11.

dānôddyota [ dAnoddyota ]

m. N. of work.

dā'na [ dAna ]

2. n. cutting off, splitting, dividing, L.

pasture, meadow, RV.

rut-fluid ( which flows from an elephant's temples ), MBh., Hariv. etc.

( dāná ) m. ( only in, RV. but, cf. vasu- ) distribution of food or of a sacrificial meal

imparting, communicating, liberality

part, share, possession

distributor, dispenser, RV. vii, 27, 4.

dānaˆukas [ dAnaukas ]

m. delighting in a sacrificial meal ( Indra ), RV. i , 65, 1.

dāna [ dAna ]

3. n. purification, L.