Dāra & Dārā

feminine a young woman, esp. married woman, wife. As; dārā f. at Cnd.295 (d. vuccati bhariyā & Iti.36; f. also dārī maiden, young girl Pv.i.11#5. Otherwise as dāra (coll-masc.): Dhp.345; Ja.i.120; Ja.ii.248 Ja.iv.7; Ja.v.104, Ja.v.288; Vv-a.299 (˚paṭiggaha)
■ putta-dārā (pl.) wife & children Snp.108, Snp.262; Ja.i.262; cp. saputtadāra with w. & ch. Pv.iv.3#47; putta ca dārā ca Snp.38 Snp.123. Freq. in definition of sīla No. 3 (kāmesu micchācārin or abrahmacariyā, adultery) as sakena dārena santuṭṭha AN.iii.348; AN.v.138; Snp.108 (a˚); Pv.1#2, etc- paradāra the wife of another MN.i.404 sq.; Dhp.246 Dhp.309; Snp.396 (parassa d.) Pv-a.261.

Sk. dāra (m.) & dārā (f.), more freq. dārā (m.pl.); instr. sg. dārena Ja.iv.7; Pv.iv.1#77, etc. instr, pl. dārehi Snp.108 (sehi d. asantuṭṭho not satisfied with his own wife), loc. pl. dāresu Snp.38 (puttesu dāresu apekkhā), orig. “wives, womenfolk,” female members of the household = Gr. δοϋλος (slave; Hesychius δουλος = ἡ οἰκία; cp. also origin of Germ. frauenzimmer & E. womanhood). Remnants of pl. use are seen in above passage. fr. Sn.