dā́tṛ (with acc.; once without, [RV. iv, 31, 7]), dā́°tṛ́ (with or without gen.; exceptionally with acc. [ŚBr. xi, 5, 1, 12]), m. giving, a giver, donor, liberal, [RV.] &c.
one who gives a daughter (gen.) in marriage (cf. kanyā-), [Kum. vi, 1]
a father or brother who gives a daughter or sister in marriage, [MānGṛ. i, 8]; [Mn. iii, 172]; [Paiṭh.]; [R.]
one who offers (his wife gen.), [L.]
a creditor, [Mn. viii, 161] the arranger of a meal, [iii, 236]
granting, permitting (ifc. or with gen.), [v], [viii], [xi]; [MBh.] &c.
a founder (of a household, kutumbānām), [xiii, 1663]
[cf. a-, ṛṇa-, brahma-; δωτήρ, δοτήρ, Lat. dator, daturus]
dātṛ́ m. mowing, a mower (with acc.), [RV. v, 7, 7.]