دان

दान dāna, vulg. dān, s.m. Giving, presenting, offering; giving in marriage; gift, present, donation, grant; liberality, charity, alms; anything demanded by law or by custom (as toll, etc.);—a religious rite in which the Brāhmans pronounce a charm or incantation over anything in the wish of a happy futurity and give it (dān) as a present (to another person); the thing so charmed and given away;—a dowry;—the fluid that flows from the temples of an elephant in rut:—dānā-dhyaksh (˚na+adh˚), s.m. An almoner:—dānpati, s.m. 'A master of liberality,' an exceedingly liberal or munificent man:—dānpattaror patr, s.m. A deed of conveyance, a deed of gift by which land is conveyed to Brāhmans;—a will;—one to whom a grant may be made, or to whom by law property may be conveyed:—dān-patr-dār, s.m. A grantee, of Brāhman caste, to whom lands have been assigned by deed:—dān-paṭṭī, s.f.=dānpattar:—dān-pun, dān-puṇya, s.m. Almsgiving, charity:—dān-datār, s.m. (iron.) A liberal man:—dān-dakshiṇā, s.f. A religious gift to a mendicant, or to a Brāhman priest:—dāndharm, s.m. Almsgiving, charitable acts, charity; the rules or practice of almsgiving:—dān denā, v.t.=dān karnā, q.v.:—dān-śīl, adj. Liberally disposed, liberal, generous, charitable, munificent, bountiful:—dān-śīlatā, s.f. Beneficence of disposition, liberality, charitableness, etc.:—dān karnāor kar-denā, v.t. To give away, to bestow alms, to give in alms;—v.n. To practise liberality, etc.:—dānvīr, s.m. 'A hero in liberality,' an exceedingly liberal man:—dān-yogya, adj. Worthy of a gift, meriting a donation.