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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. दानdāna[dâ ͜ aná] n. [√1. dâ] giving, -away (a daughter), presenting, offering (a sacri fice), teaching (of, g., --˚…
    1. [dâ ͜ aná] neuter [√1. dâ] giving, -away (a daughter), presenting, offering (a sacri fice), teaching (of, genitive, --˚, to, locative, --˚); abandon ment of life (--˚); payment of debt; gift; cha ritable gift; bribery; addition; offering, ob lation.
    2. [dâ ͜ aná] masculine [√2. dâ] distribution, especially of food, meal, sacrificial feast; liberality; share, property.
    3. [dâ ͜ ana] neuter [√2. dâ] fragrant secre tion from the temples of elephants in rut, temple-juice.

    In the Gita8·2810·516·117·717·2017·2117·2218·518·4311·48+2

    दानेषु यत्पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम् ।

    dāneṣu yatpuṇyaphalaṁ pradiṣṭam, — The fruits of meritorious deeds declared in the Vedas, sacrifices, austerities and charitable gifts, the Yogin passes all these by having known this… 8·28
    • दानेषुdāneṣulocative plural of the neuter noun dāna (gift or giving).
    • दानम्dānamnominative or accusative singular of the neuter noun dāna (gift or giving).
    • दानैःdānaiḥinstrumental plural of the neuter noun dāna (gift or giving).
    • दानेनdānenainstrumental singular of the neuter noun dāna (gift or giving).
    • दानेdānelocative singular of the neuter noun dāna (gift or giving).
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  2. अंशप्रदानaṃśapradāna[amsa-pradâna] n. distribution of shares.

    [amsa-pradâna] neuter distribution of shares.

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  3. अतिदानatidāna[ati-dâna] n. too great liberality.

    [ati-dâna] neuter too great liberality.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. दानdāna1. (in comp.)
    1. 1. (in compound)
    2. neuter gender the act of giving fg-veda S3Br. MBh. etc.
    3. neuter gender giving in marriage (confer, compare कन्या-)
    4. neuter gender giving up (confer, compare प्राण-, आत्म-, शरीर- Pan5c. ii)
    5. neuter gender communicating, imparting, teaching (confer, compare ब्रक्म-)
    6. neuter gender paying back, restoring Mn. Ya1jn5.
    7. neuter gender adding, addition (VarBr2S.)
    8. neuter gender donation, gift ([Latin donum]) fg-veda S3Br. etc. (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedनंदा, to offer a g gift Mn. Ya1jn5. Hit. etc.; that the rest of a word is to be suppliedनम् प्रयम्, to bestow a g gift Mn. iv, 234)
    9. neuter gender oblation (confer, compare उदक-, हविर्-)
    10. neuter gender liberality (confer, compare 2. दान)
    11. neuter gender bribery Mn. vii, 198 (confer, compare उपा*य).
    12. neuter gender cutting off. splitting, dividing Lexicographers
    13. neuter gender pasture, meadow fg-veda
    14. neuter gender rut-fluid (which flows from an elephant's temples) MBh. Hariv. etc.
    15. masculine gender (only in fg-veda but confer, compare वसु-) distribution of food or of a sacrificial meal
    16. masculine gender imparting, communicating, liberality
    17. masculine gender part, share, possession
    18. masculine gender distributor, dispenser fg-veda vii, 27, 4.
    19. neuter gender purification Lexicographers
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  2. अंशप्रदानaṃśapradānan. allotment of a portion.

    neuter gender allotment of a portion.

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  3. अग्निगोदानagnigodānam. one at whose hair-cutting ceremony Agni अग्नि is the chief deity, A1pGr2.

    masculine gender one at whose hair-cutting ceremony Agni अग्नि is the chief deity, A1pGr2.

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  4. अग्निप्रदानagnipradānan. throwing into the fire, Pan5cat.

    neuter gender throwing into the fire, Pan5cat.

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  5. अग्रदानिन्agradāninm. a degraded Bra1hman Brahman who receives presents from S3u1dras शूद्र s, or takes things previously offered…

    masculine gender a degraded Bra1hman Brahman who receives presents from S3u1dras शूद्र s, or takes things previously offered to the dead BrahmaP.

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  6. अणुवेदान्तaṇuvedāntam. title of a book.

    masculine gender title of a book.

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  7. अतिदानatidānan. munificence
    1. neuter gender munificence
    2. neuter gender excessive munificence.
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