dāna

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dana"

English

Noun

dāna (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of dana

Anagrams

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दान (dā́na, “gift, alms, donation; generosity, giving”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /da.na/
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Homophone: dhana
  • Hyphenation: dha‧na

Noun

dāna

  1. giving
  2. donation, gift

Derived terms
  • adāna
  • dinānan
  • dinānākĕn
  • kadānan
  • anantadāna
  • annadāna
  • atidāna
  • dānabhojana
  • dānadharma
  • dānakāla
  • dānamaya
  • dānapati
  • dānaphala
  • dānapuṇya
  • dānapāramitā
  • dānasambhāra
  • dānawa
  • dānawakanyā
  • dānawakula
  • dānawarāja
  • dānawarājakanyā
  • dānawaśīrṣa
  • dānawendrakrama
  • dānawāri
  • dānawāstra
  • dānaśūra
  • godāna
  • kaniṣṭhadāna
  • madhyamadāna
  • mahātidāna
  • puṇyadāna
  • sudāna
  • tyāgadāna
  • uttamadāna
  • waradāna

Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦢꦤ (dana) (inherited)

Further reading
  • "dāna" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀤𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • दान (Devanagari script)
  • দান (Bengali script)
  • දාන (Sinhalese script)
  • ဒါန or ၻႃၼ (Burmese script)
  • ทาน or ทานะ (Thai script)
  • ᨴᩤᨶ (Tai Tham script)
  • ທານ or ທານະ (Lao script)
  • ទាន (Khmer script)
  • 𑄘𑄂𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दान (dā́na) or re-formed from dā +‎ -ana.

Noun

dāna n

  1. gift
  2. charity
  3. alms
  4. giving

Declension
Declension table of "dāna" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)dānaṃdānāni
Accusative (second)dānaṃdānāni
Instrumental (third)dānenadānehi or dānebhi
Dative (fourth)dānassa or dānāya or dānatthaṃdānānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)dānasmā or dānamhā or dānādānehi or dānebhi
Genitive (sixth)dānassadānānaṃ
Locative (seventh)dānasmiṃ or dānamhi or dānedānesu
Vocative (calling)dānadānāni

Descendants

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dāna”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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