dhānā धाना dhānā́ (ā́), f., see s.v. dhānā́ f. corn, grain (originally the grains of seed from their being ‘laid’ into and ‘conceived’ by the earth, cf. √ 1. dhā, but usually = fried barley or rice or any grain fried and reduced to powder), [RV.] &c. &c. coriander, [L.] bud, shoot, [L.] dhānākā धानाका f. pl. = dhānā, [L.] dhānāka धानाक m. patr. of Luśa (fr. dhanāka), [RV.]; [Anukr.] n. N. of 2 Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.] dhānāruh धानारुह् dhānā́—ruh (°nā́-), mfn. growing from a grain, [ŚBr.] dhānāvat धानावत् dhānā́—vat (°nā́-), mfn. accompanied by grain (as Soma), [RV.] dhānāpūpa धानापूप dhānā°pūpa (°nāp°) m. a cake of fried barley &c., [MBh.] dhānāsoma धानासोम dhānā—somá m. pl. grains with Soma, [TS.]; [ŚBr.] dhānācūrṇa धानाचूर्ण dhānā—cūrṇa n. the meal or flower of fried barley &c., [L.] dhānāmuṣṭi धानामुष्टि dhānā—muṣṭi f. a handful of grain, [MBh.] dhānābharjana धानाभर्जन dhānā—bharjana n. the frying or parching of grain, [KātyŚr.] dhānāntarvat धानान्तर्वत् dhā́nā°ntar-vat (dhā́nānt° or dhānānt°), m. N. of a Gandharva, [ŚBr.] dhānāphalavratakathā धानाफलव्रतकथा dhānā—phala-vrata-kathā f. N. of wk.