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 also dāva.

• -pāla a grove keeper Vin.i.350; MN.i.205.

Sk. dāva, conflagration of a forest; wood = easily inflammable substance; to dunoti (to burn) caus dāvayati, cp. Gr. δαίω (to burn) & P. dava¹

Dāya²

a gift, donation; share, fee DN.i.87≈(in phrase rājadāya brahmadeyya, a king’s grant, cp. rājadattiya); Ja.iv.138; Ja.v.363; Ja.vi.346. Cp dāyāda & brahmadeyya.

Sk. dāya, to dadāti, etc.