"ādāna" meaning in Pali

See ādāna in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: ā- + dāna (“giving”) as ādadāti (“to take”) is ā- + dadāti (“to give”); alternatively, just ādā + -ana. Etymology templates: {{prefix|pi|ā|dāna|t2=giving}} ā- + dāna (“giving”), {{prefix|pi|ā|dadāti|t2=to give}} ā- + dadāti (“to give”), {{suffix|pi|ādā|ana}} ādā + -ana Head templates: {{pi-noun|n}} ādāna n Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=n}} Forms: neuter [table-tags], ādānaṃ [nominative, singular], ādānāni [nominative, plural], ādānaṃ [accusative, singular], ādānāni [accusative, plural], ādānena [instrumental, singular], ādānehi [instrumental, plural], ādānebhi [instrumental, plural], ādānassa [dative, singular], ādānāya [dative, singular], ādānatthaṃ [dative, singular], ādānānaṃ [dative, plural], ādānasmā [ablative, singular], ādānamhā [ablative, singular], ādānā [ablative, singular], ādānehi [ablative, plural], ādānebhi [ablative, plural], ādānassa [genitive, singular], ādānānaṃ [genitive, plural], ādānasmiṃ [locative, singular], ādānamhi [locative, singular], ādāne [locative, singular], ādānesu [locative, plural], ādāna [singular, vocative], ādānāni [plural, vocative]
  1. taking Tags: neuter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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