…its honour. DN.ii.166f.

Doṇa first met the Buddha on the road between Ukkaṭṭha and Setavyā. He saw the Buddha’s footprints and,…

bucket; a measure of capacity; to the amount of a dona.

…Dhp-a.iv.15. At Ja.ii.367 doṇa is used elliptically for doṇamāpaka (see below).

• -pāka of which a d. full is cooked,…

…the various claimants by Doṇa. DN.ii.166 The Mallas, both of Pāvā and Kusināra, erected thūpas over their respective shares of the relics…

…a share in his relics. Doṇa satisfied their claim, and a Thūpa was erected in Pāvā over their share of the relics. DN.ii.167

The…

…the Buddha and the brahmin Doṇa, whom the Buddha met on the road from Ukkaṭṭha to Setavyā. The city was on the road, taken by Bāvarī’s…

num. divided into eight measures

containing for doṇas.

1. leaving, abandoning; getting rid of.
2. giving up; gift; donation; generosity; liberality.

gift, a donation; a fee; the benefit or merit of a gift.

dona measure of food.

species of reed; great reed, arundo donax l.; reed; rushes; reeds in general.

Agga¹

adjective noun

1. (adj.)
   1. of time: the first, foremost Dpvs.iv.13 (saṅgahaṃ first collection). See cpds
   2. of space: the highest, topmost, Ja.i.52 (˚sākhā)
   3. of qual …

Bhaṭṭha¹

dropped, fallen down Ja.i.482; Ja.iv.222, Ja.iv.382; Ja.v.444. Cp. pari˚.

pp. of bhraṃś, see bhassati

Bhaṭṭha²

spoken, said Vv.63#19 (su˚ = s …

Bhiṅkāra¹

(& ˚gāra) a water jar, a (nearly always golden) vase, ceremonial vessel (in donations) Vin.i.39 (sovaṇṇa-maya); DN.ii.172; AN.iv.210 = AN.iv.214 (T. ˚gāra, variant reading ˚kāra …

voluntary collection (of alms for the Sangha), usually as -ṃ saṃharati to make a vol. coll. Vin.iv.250; Ja.i.422; Ja.ii.45, Ja.ii.85 (saṃharitvā variant reading BB; text sankaḍḍhitvā), Ja.ii.196, J …

adjective noun one worthy of a dakkiṇā The term is expl. at Kp-a.183, & also (with ref to brahmanic usage) at Cnd.291
■ SN.i.142, SN.i.168, SN.i.220; MN.i.37, MN.i.236 sq.; MN.i.446; AN.i.63, AN.i. …

gift, a fee, a donation; a donation given to a “holy” person with ref. to unhappy beings in the Peta existence (“Manes”), intended to induce the alleviation of their sufferings; an intercessional, exp …

gift, donation, offering DN.i.166; MN.i.78, MN.i.342; AN.i.295; AN.ii.206; Pp.55.

from dadāti + ti

…droṇī, see doṇa

Doṇī²

feminine an oil-giving plant (?) (or is it = donī¹ meaning…

adjective measuring a doṇa in capacity Vin.i.240 (catu˚ piṭaka).

fr. doṇa

1. giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …

Dāya¹

wood jungle, forest; a grove Vin.i.10 (miga˚), Vin.i.15, Vin.i.350; Vin.ii.138; SN.ii.152 (tiṇa˚); SN.iv.189 (bahukaṇṭaka d. = jungle) AN.v.337 (tiṇa˚); Ja.iii.274; Ja.vi.278. See al …

measured, in measure DN.i.54 (doṇa˚ a doṇa measure full); Snp.300 (bhāgaso m. measured in harmonious proportions, i.e. stately); Pv.i.10#13…

weight, equal to 4 Doṇas Snp-a.476 (catudoṇaṃ mānikā). Cp. BSk. mānikā, e.g. Divy.293 sq.

cp. māna² 2

…one who measures, only in doṇa˚; (a minister) measuring the d. revenue (of rice Ja.ii.367, Ja.ii.381; Dhp-a.iv.88; and in dhañña˚;…

(& variant reading; nicchādeti) to shake or throw about, only in phrase odhunāti nidhunāti nicchodeti at SN.iii.155 = MN.i.229 MN.i.374 = AN.iii.365, where S has correct read …

1. giving up, rejection, leaving Iti.11 Iti.12
2. giving out, bestowing, giving a donation Pv-a.124

fr. pariccajati

1. a leaf (esp. betel leaf) Vin.i.201 (5 kinds of leaves recommended for medicinal purposes, viz. nimba˚; Azadirachta Indica kuṭaja˚; Wrightia antidysenterica, paṭola˚; Trichosanthes dioeca, *su …

…Ja.v.374 (Khemī), Ja.v.388 (Doṇa); Pv.iii.3#3 Pv.iv.12#1; Snp-a.354 (here in meaning of a dry pit or dugout); Vv-a.160; Pv-a.23, Pv-a.77,…

…full of cooking Ja.i.186; doṇa˚; a d. full SN.i.81; Dhp-a.ii.8; sosāna˚ Dhātumañjūsā 132 (under kaṭh). On pāka in applied meaning…

1. heap, quantity, mass Iti.17; usually -˚, e.g. aṅgāra˚ heap of cinders Ja.i.107; kaṇikārapuppha˚ of k. flowers Vv-a.65; kahāpaṇa˚ of money Pv-a.162; tila˚ of seeds Vv-a.54; dhañña˚ of …

to send out, prepare, give, equip; to fit up, decorate: dānaṃ to give a donation Dhp-a.ii.88; pātheyyaṃ to prepare provisions Ja.iii.343; gehe to construct houses Ja.i.18; nāṭakāni to arrange …

adjective curable, pardonable Mil.192, Mil.221; Vism.425. See tekiccha.

sa³ + tekiccha

large (covered & enclosed) hall large room, house; shed, stable etc., as seen fr. foll examples: aggi˚; a hall with a fire Vin.i.25, Vin.i.49 = Vin.ii.210 āsana˚; hall with seats Dhp-a.ii.65; *ud …

rice-grain, rice husked & ready for boiling; freq. combined with tila (q.v.) in mentioning of offerings, presentations, etc.: loṇaṃ telaṃ taṇḍulaṃ khādaniyaṃ sakaṭesu āropetvā Vin.i.220, Vin.i.238, V …

adjective curable; fig. one who can be helped or pardoned. Only in compounds a˚; incurable unpardonable Vv-a.322 (of a sick person); Dhp-a.i.25 (id.); Mil.322; of Devadatta w. ref. to his rebirth …

thundering thunder Ja.i.470; Thag.1108; Mil.377.

pp. of thaneti cp. Vedic (s)tanayitnu thunder = Lat. tonitrus, Ohg. donar, etc.

adjective noun (adj.) throwing away Dhp-a.iv.59 (˚dāya a throw-away donation, tip)
■ (m.) lifting up, raising Ja.i.394 (cel˚); Ja.vi.508; DN-a.i.273; dur˚ hard to lift or raise Sdhp.347.

fr. u …

dispensing, serving, donation, giving out, holding (a meal), only in phrases bhatta˚; the function of a meal. Vin.ii.153 iv.263; Pv.iii.2#9 (so read for vissatta) Mil.9 Snp-a.19 140; and dāna˚ best …

relinquishing, relaxation; handing over, donation, gift (see on term as ethical Bdhgh at K.S. i.321) DN.iii.190 (issariya˚ handing over of authority), DN.iii.226; SN.iv.365 sq.; SN.v.63 sq., SN.v.35 …

to sacrifice, to make an offering (yaññaṃ); to give alms or gifts-In the P. literature it refers (with yañña, sacrifice) either (when critical) to the Brahmanic rites of sacrificing to the gods accor …

anything asked for, donation, alms, begging Ja.iii.353; Ja.v.233, Ja.v.234.

-yoga (y. + *yogga; perhaps yāja˚ the original. The variant yājayoga is old & well established: cp. Vi …

…patthā āḷhakāni doṇaṃ etc.“-udakāḷhaka SN.v.400; AN.ii.55 = AN.iii.337; Vv-a.155
■ In other connections at Ja.i.419…