See धन in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "dhanín",
"word": "धनिन्"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
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"2": "dhana"
},
"expansion": "Pali: dhana",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pali: dhana"
},
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"args": {
"1": "pra",
"2": "𑀥𑀡"
},
"expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀥𑀡 (dhaṇa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Prakrit: 𑀥𑀡 (dhaṇa)"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "ধন",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "dhon"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: ধন (dhon)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: ধন (dhon)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "धन",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: धन (dhan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: धन (dhan)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "dana",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malay: dana",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malay: dana"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "dana"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian: dana",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Indonesian: dana"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਧਨ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਧਨ (dhan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Punjabi: ਧਨ (dhan)"
}
],
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"1": "sa",
"2": "from",
"3": "धन्>cause to run",
"id": "prize",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-\nSanskrit धन् (dhan)\nSanskrit धन (dhana)",
"name": "etymon"
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"2": "iir-pro",
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*dʰenh₂-",
"4": "",
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},
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"name": "der"
}
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{
"form": "dhána",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धने",
"roman": "dháne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "धनानि",
"roman": "dhánāni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धना1",
"roman": "dhánā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनम्",
"roman": "dhánam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धने",
"roman": "dháne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"dual"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धना1",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनेन",
"roman": "dhánena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनाभ्याम्",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "धनैः",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनेभिः1",
"roman": "dhánebhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनाय",
"roman": "dhánāya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनाभ्याम्",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "धनेभ्यः",
"roman": "dhánebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनात्",
"roman": "dhánāt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनाभ्याम्",
"roman": "dhánābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "धनेभ्यः",
"roman": "dhánebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनस्य",
"roman": "dhánasya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनयोः",
"roman": "dhánayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "धनानाम्",
"roman": "dhánānām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धने",
"roman": "dháne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनयोः",
"roman": "dhánayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "धनेषु",
"roman": "dháneṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धन",
"roman": "dhána",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "धने",
"roman": "dháne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "धनानि",
"roman": "dhánāni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "धना1",
"roman": "dhánā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"g": "n",
"tr": "dhána"
},
"expansion": "धन • (dhána) stem, n",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "dhána"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 14 17 15 21 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root धन् (cause to run)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.5.26",
"text": "यथो॒त कृत्व्ये॒ धनें॒ऽशुं गोष्व॒गस्त्य॑म्।\nयथा॒ वाजे॑षु॒ सोभ॑रिम्॥\nyáthotá kṛ́tvye dháneṃʼśúṃ góṣvagástyam.\nyáthā vā́jeṣu sóbharim.\n(As you protected) Amśu in decisive fight, and Agastya in the fray for cattle."
}
],
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"contest, race, strife, fight"
],
"id": "en-धन-sa-noun-oVX-RJ3G",
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[
"contest",
"contest"
],
[
"race",
"race"
],
[
"strife",
"strife"
],
[
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"fight"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 14 17 15 21 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root धन् (cause to run)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 11 28 7 28 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "And let our enemies with stricken spirits, overwhelmed with terror, slink away defeated.",
"ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.84.7",
"roman": "For spoil let Varuṇa and Manyu give us the wealth of both sides gathered and collected;",
"text": "संसृ॑ष्टं॒ धन॑म् उ॒भयं॑ स॒माकृ॑तम॒स्मभ्यं॑ दत्तां॒ वरु॑णश्च म॒न्युः।\nभियं॒ दधा॑ना॒ हृद॑येषु॒ शत्र॑वः॒ परा॑जितासो॒ अप॒ नि ल॑यन्ताम्॥\nsáṃsṛṣṭaṃ dhánam ubháyaṃ samā́kṛtamasmábhyaṃ dattāṃ váruṇaśca manyúḥ.\nbhíyaṃ dádhānā hṛ́dayeṣu śátravaḥ párājitāso ápa ní layantām."
}
],
"glosses": [
"the prize of a contest; booty"
],
"id": "en-धन-sa-noun-fKYLFU17",
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[
"prize",
"prize"
],
[
"contest",
"contest"
],
[
"booty",
"booty"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "8 8 32 9 23 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 8 23 8 30 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 14 17 15 21 20",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 11 28 7 28 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "In foreign lands, knowledge is wealth; in danger, intelligence is wealth;\nIn the world beyond, righteousness is wealth; and indeed, character is wealth everywhere.",
"ref": "Subhāṣita",
"roman": "paraloke dhanaṃ dharmaḥ śīlaṃ sarvatra vai dhanam.",
"text": "विदेशेषु धनं विद्या व्यसनेषु धनं मतिः ।\nपरलोके धनं धर्मः शीलं सर्वत्र वै धनम् ॥\nvideśeṣu dhanaṃ vidyā vyasaneṣu dhanaṃ matiḥ."
}
],
"glosses": [
"any valued object, (especially) wealth, riches, money, treasure, gift"
],
"id": "en-धन-sa-noun-CwQiTu-N",
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[
"valued",
"valued"
],
[
"object",
"object"
],
[
"wealth",
"wealth"
],
[
"riches",
"riches"
],
[
"money",
"money"
],
[
"treasure",
"treasure"
],
[
"gift",
"gift"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 14 17 15 21 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root धन् (cause to run)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "c. 300 CE, Harivaṃśa"
}
],
"glosses": [
"cows, cattle"
],
"id": "en-धन-sa-noun-SrI1i55C",
"links": [
[
"cows",
"cows"
],
[
"cattle",
"cattle"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "गोधन"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Arithmetic",
"orig": "sa:Arithmetic",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "7 8 23 8 30 24",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "13 14 17 15 21 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root धन् (cause to run)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 11 28 7 28 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"affirmative quantity, plus; addition"
],
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[
"arithmetic",
"arithmetic"
],
[
"affirmative",
"affirmative"
],
[
"quantity",
"quantity"
],
[
"plus",
"plus"
],
[
"addition",
"addition"
]
],
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"(arithmetic) affirmative quantity, plus; addition"
],
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"arithmetic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Economics",
"orig": "sa:Economics",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "11 11 20 12 20 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 8 23 8 30 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 14 17 15 21 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root धन् (cause to run)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 11 28 7 28 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"capital"
],
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[
"economics",
"economics"
],
[
"capital",
"capital"
]
],
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"(economics) capital"
],
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"economics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/dʱɐ́.nɐ/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/d̪ʱɐ.n̪ɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
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}
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"Pages with entries",
"Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
"Sanskrit entries with etymology trees",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"Sanskrit neuter nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
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"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰenh₂-",
"Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
],
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{
"roman": "dhanín",
"word": "धनिन्"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "dhana"
},
"expansion": "Pali: dhana",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pali: dhana"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pra",
"2": "𑀥𑀡"
},
"expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀥𑀡 (dhaṇa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Prakrit: 𑀥𑀡 (dhaṇa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "ধন",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "dhon"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: ধন (dhon)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: ধন (dhon)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "धन",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: धन (dhan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: धन (dhan)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "dana",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malay: dana",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malay: dana"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "id",
"2": "dana"
},
"expansion": "Indonesian: dana",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Indonesian: dana"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਧਨ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਧਨ (dhan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Punjabi: ਧਨ (dhan)"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "from",
"3": "धन्>cause to run",
"id": "prize",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-\nSanskrit धन् (dhan)\nSanskrit धन (dhana)",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
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"1": "sa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*dʰanH-"
},
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "ine-pro",
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"4": "",
"5": "to run, flow"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-\nSanskrit धन् (dhan)\nSanskrit धन (dhana)\nThe term has been derived from the root धन् (dhan, “to run, move quickly”). In a literal sense, it refers to a running race, but came to mean any contest or strife as a result of semantic generalization. By further extension, it connotes anything that is contested or striven for, viz. prize, booty, wealth, treasure. The root धन् (dhan) is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰanH-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to run, flow”).",
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{
"form": "dhána",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "धनम्",
"roman": "dhánam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धने",
"roman": "dháne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "धनानि",
"roman": "dhánāni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धना1",
"roman": "dhánā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनम्",
"roman": "dhánam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धने",
"roman": "dháne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "धनानि",
"roman": "dhánāni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धना1",
"roman": "dhánā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनेन",
"roman": "dhánena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनाभ्याम्",
"roman": "dhánābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "धनैः",
"roman": "dhánaiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनेभिः1",
"roman": "dhánebhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनाय",
"roman": "dhánāya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनाभ्याम्",
"roman": "dhánābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "धनेभ्यः",
"roman": "dhánebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनात्",
"roman": "dhánāt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनाभ्याम्",
"roman": "dhánābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "धनेभ्यः",
"roman": "dhánebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धनस्य",
"roman": "dhánasya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनयोः",
"roman": "dhánayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "धनानाम्",
"roman": "dhánānām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धने",
"roman": "dháne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "धनयोः",
"roman": "dhánayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "धनेषु",
"roman": "dháneṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "धन",
"roman": "dhána",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "धने",
"roman": "dháne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "धनानि",
"roman": "dhánāni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "धना1",
"roman": "dhánā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "n",
"tr": "dhána"
},
"expansion": "धन • (dhána) stem, n",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dhána"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.5.26",
"text": "यथो॒त कृत्व्ये॒ धनें॒ऽशुं गोष्व॒गस्त्य॑म्।\nयथा॒ वाजे॑षु॒ सोभ॑रिम्॥\nyáthotá kṛ́tvye dháneṃʼśúṃ góṣvagástyam.\nyáthā vā́jeṣu sóbharim.\n(As you protected) Amśu in decisive fight, and Agastya in the fray for cattle."
}
],
"glosses": [
"contest, race, strife, fight"
],
"links": [
[
"contest",
"contest"
],
[
"race",
"race"
],
[
"strife",
"strife"
],
[
"fight",
"fight"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "And let our enemies with stricken spirits, overwhelmed with terror, slink away defeated.",
"ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.84.7",
"roman": "For spoil let Varuṇa and Manyu give us the wealth of both sides gathered and collected;",
"text": "संसृ॑ष्टं॒ धन॑म् उ॒भयं॑ स॒माकृ॑तम॒स्मभ्यं॑ दत्तां॒ वरु॑णश्च म॒न्युः।\nभियं॒ दधा॑ना॒ हृद॑येषु॒ शत्र॑वः॒ परा॑जितासो॒ अप॒ नि ल॑यन्ताम्॥\nsáṃsṛṣṭaṃ dhánam ubháyaṃ samā́kṛtamasmábhyaṃ dattāṃ váruṇaśca manyúḥ.\nbhíyaṃ dádhānā hṛ́dayeṣu śátravaḥ párājitāso ápa ní layantām."
}
],
"glosses": [
"the prize of a contest; booty"
],
"links": [
[
"prize",
"prize"
],
[
"contest",
"contest"
],
[
"booty",
"booty"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "In foreign lands, knowledge is wealth; in danger, intelligence is wealth;\nIn the world beyond, righteousness is wealth; and indeed, character is wealth everywhere.",
"ref": "Subhāṣita",
"roman": "paraloke dhanaṃ dharmaḥ śīlaṃ sarvatra vai dhanam.",
"text": "विदेशेषु धनं विद्या व्यसनेषु धनं मतिः ।\nपरलोके धनं धर्मः शीलं सर्वत्र वै धनम् ॥\nvideśeṣu dhanaṃ vidyā vyasaneṣu dhanaṃ matiḥ."
}
],
"glosses": [
"any valued object, (especially) wealth, riches, money, treasure, gift"
],
"links": [
[
"valued",
"valued"
],
[
"object",
"object"
],
[
"wealth",
"wealth"
],
[
"riches",
"riches"
],
[
"money",
"money"
],
[
"treasure",
"treasure"
],
[
"gift",
"gift"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "c. 300 CE, Harivaṃśa"
}
],
"glosses": [
"cows, cattle"
],
"links": [
[
"cows",
"cows"
],
[
"cattle",
"cattle"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "गोधन"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"sa:Arithmetic"
],
"glosses": [
"affirmative quantity, plus; addition"
],
"links": [
[
"arithmetic",
"arithmetic"
],
[
"affirmative",
"affirmative"
],
[
"quantity",
"quantity"
],
[
"plus",
"plus"
],
[
"addition",
"addition"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(arithmetic) affirmative quantity, plus; addition"
],
"topics": [
"arithmetic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"sa:Economics"
],
"glosses": [
"capital"
],
"links": [
[
"economics",
"economics"
],
[
"capital",
"capital"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(economics) capital"
],
"topics": [
"economics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dʱɐ́.nɐ/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/d̪ʱɐ.n̪ɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "धन"
}
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