Pāli Dictionary
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Compound structure

analyses: 2

dāṭhānāga
  1. dāṭhā

    a (snake’s) fang, tusk

  2. nāga

    nāga; supernatural serpent-being (shape-shifting, dwelling in water or underground, enemy of the garuḷas); snake, cobra

dāṭhānaṃāga
  1. dāṭhānaṃdāṭhā

    a (snake’s) fang, tusk

  2. āga

    mountain; tree

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Dāthānāga
Person

  • A monk of the Sumaṅgalapariveṇa at the Mahāvihāra, at whose request Buddhaghosa composed the commentary Sumaṅgalavilāsinī.

Dāthānāga2
Person

  • A forest-dwelling monk in the reign of King Mahinda IV, whose services the king employed for recitations of the Abhidhamma.

Dāthānāga3
Person

  • A Sri Lankan monk credited with the grammatical treatise Niruttisāramañjūsā, though one source attributes it instead to Saddhammaguru.

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