Pāli Dictionary

dhaniya1

dhanrootasuffixiyasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

dhan1be rich


monastic

  • Dhaniya, a monk notorious for the offense that occasioned the second pārājika rule (theft)

dhaniya2

dhanrootasuffixiyasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine


monastic

  • Dhaniya, name of an arahant monk (a different monk of the same name)

dhāniya

approximate

dhanrootiyasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

dhan1be rich


general

  • wealth; riches; abundance of property

  • grain; corn (a produce synonymous with dhañña)

dhanī

approximate

dhanastemīsuffix

via inflected form dhaniyā · instrumental singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

dhan1be rich


general

  • wealthy, rich; (as noun) a wealthy person, a rich man

  • Ja 539

    ajinamhi haññate dīpi, nāgo dantehi haññate, dhanamhi dhanino hanti, aniketam'asanthavaṃ, phalī ambo aphalo ca, te satthāro ubho mama.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Dhaniya
Place
  • A wealthy herdsman living on the banks of the river Mahī whose contented song of prosperity was answered verse for verse by the Buddha, leading him, his wife, and two daughters to become Stream-winners and later to enter the Order.

Dhaniya2
Person
  • A potter of Rājagaha who entered the Order after learning of Pukkusāti’s enlightened death, and whose overly elaborate brick hut, later replaced by wood taken without proper authorization, prompted new Vinaya rules on monastic dwellings.

Thag 3.4

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