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dhana

dhána n. the prize of a contest or the contest itself (lit. a running match, race, or the thing raced for; hitáṃ dhánam, a proposed prize or contest; dhanaṃ-√ ji, to win the prize or the fight), [RV.]

booty, prey (dhanam-√ bhṛ Ā., to carry off the prize or booty), [RV.]; [AV.]

any valued object, (esp.) wealth, riches, (movable) property, money, treasure, gift, [RV.] &c. &c.

capital (opp. to vṛddhi interest), [Yājñ. ii, 58]

= go-dhana, [Hariv. 3886]

(arithm.) the affirmative quantity or plus (opp. to ṛṇa, kṣaya, vyaya, hāni)

N. of the 2nd mansion, [Var.]

dhána m. N. of a merchant, [HPariś.]; [Siṃhās.]