Pāli Dictionary

dhana

dhanrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

dhan1be rich

Synonyms

Antonyms


general

  • wealth; riches; money; treasure; property

  • (as adj.) wealthy; rich; possessing wealth

  • Thig 15.1

    nagaramhi erakacche, suvaṇṇakāro ahaṃ pahūtadhano, yobbanamadena matto so, paradāraṃ asevi'haṃ.

doctrine

  • (fig.) noble treasure; spiritual wealth; virtue (e.g., the seven noble treasures: faith, virtue, etc.)

dhāna1

approximate

dhārootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms


general

  • placing; putting

  • DN 22

    katamañ'ca, bhikkhave, maraṇaṃ? yaṃ tesaṃ tesaṃ sattānaṃ tamhā tamhā sattanikāyā cuti cavanatā bhedo antaradhānaṃ maccu maraṇaṃ kālakiriyā khandhānaṃ bhedo kaḷevarassa nikkhepo jīvit'indriyassupacchedo, idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, maraṇaṃ

  • SN 20.7

    evam'etesaṃ, bhikkhave, sutt'antānaṃ tathāgatabhāsitānaṃ gambhīrānaṃ gambhīr'atthānaṃ lok'uttarānaṃ suññatappaṭisaṃyuttānaṃ antaradhānaṃ bhavissati.

dhāna2

approximate

dhārootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

dhā1place; support


general

  • a receptacle; bin; (comm.) a heap (e.g. a dust-heap)

  • Dhp 58

    yathā saṅkāradhānasmiṃ, ujjhitasmiṃ mahāpathe, padumaṃ tattha jāyetha, sucigandhaṃ manoramaṃ.

dha

approximate

via inflected form dhāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • the letter dh; the twenty-seventh letter of the Pāli alphabet; a dental consonant

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Dhana
Sutta
  • A banker of Rājagaha and grandfather of Mahāpanthaka and Cūḷapanthaka.

Dhana2
Sutta
  • A banker of Bārāṇasī and former birth of Anuruddha, who won royal favor and the rank of treasurer after hosting the Pacceka Buddha Upariṭṭha.

Dhana3
Sutta
  • A cross-reference to Mahādhana, and also the name of the first chapter of the Book of Sevens in the Aṅguttaranikāya.

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