Pāli Dictionary

dāna

dārootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

dā1donner

Literal

giving

Synonyms

dinna, pariccāga, pābhata, padāna, deyya, upāyana

Antonyms

kadariya, ādāna, adāna

ethics

  • don; générosité; charité

  • giving; generosity; charity; almsgiving

  • Kp 5

    dānañca dhammacariyā ca ñātakānañca saṅgaho

general

  • cadeau; offrande; aumône

  • gift; offering; alms

da

dārootasuffix

via inflected form dāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

dā1donner

Synonyms

dāyaka, dada, dāyī

general

  • donnant; accordant; offrant (généralement utilisé comme dernier membre d’un composé, dérivé de dadāti / √dā).

  • giving; bestowing; offering (usually occurring as the final member of a compound, derived from dadāti / √dā).

  • SN 1.42

    kiṃdado balado hoti, kiṃdado hoti vaṇṇado, kiṃdado sukhado hoti, kiṃdado hoti cakkhudo, ko ca sabbadado hoti, taṃ me akkhāhi pucchito'ti.

  • AN 5.37

    āyudo balado dhīro, vaṇṇado paṭibhāṇado. sukhassa dātā medhāvī, sukhaṃ so adhigacchati. āyuṃ datvā balaṃ vaṇṇaṃ, sukhañ'ca paṭibhānakaṃ, dīgh'āyu yasavā hoti, yattha yatth'ūpapajjatī'ti.

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