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dāna

dāná n. the act of giving, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.

giving in marriage (cf. kanyā-)

giving up (cf. prāṇa-, ātma-, śarīra-, [Pañc. ii])

communicating, imparting, teaching (cf. brahma-)

paying back, restoring, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]

adding, addition ([VarBṛS.])

donation, gift [Lat. donum], [RV.]; [ŚBr.] &c. (°naṃdā, to offer a gift, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [Hit.] &c.; °nam prayam, to bestow a gift, [Mn. iv, 234])

oblation (cf. udaka-, havir-)

liberality (cf. 2. )

bribery, [Mn. vii, 198] (cf. upāya).

dā́na n. cutting off, splitting, dividing, [L.]

pasture, meadow, [RV.]

rut-fluid (which flows from an elephant's temples), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.

dāná m. (only in [RV.], but cf. vasu-) distribution of food or of a sacrificial meal

imparting, communicating, liberality

part, share, possession

distributor, dispenser, [RV. vii, 27, 4.]

n. purification, [L.]