The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

services rendered at the distribution of gifts DhA iii.19; -- sa'vibh!ga liberal spending of alms D iii.145,
169; A i.150, 226; iii.53, 313; v.331; It 19; Vism 306; freq. with ˚rata fond of giving alms S v.351, 392; A
iv.6 (vigatamalamaccherena cetas!), 266 (id.); -- sal! a hall, built for the distribution of alms & donations to
the bhikkhus & wanderers J i.231, 262; iv.402 (six); v.383 (id.); -- s"la liberal disposition PvA 89; usually
as ad!na -- s"la (adj.) of miserly character, neglecting the duty of giving alms Sn 244; Pv ii.83 (˚! na
saddaha*ti d!naphala' hoti paramhi loke); PvA 45 (=ad!yaka), 59 (+maccharin), 68 (id.).
D!nava
D!nava [Sk. d!nava] a kind of Asuras or Titans, the offspring of Danu J iii.527; v.89; Miln 153; Dpvs
xvii.98.
-- 319 --
D!ni
D!ni (adv.) [shortened form for id!ni, q. v.] now, Vin i.180; ii.154; S i.200, 202; ii.123; iv.202; J ii.246;
Miln 11, etc.
D!pana
D!pana: see vo˚.
D!pita
D!pita [Sk. d!payita pp. of d!peti1] given, sent PvA 6; Mhvs vii.26.
D!peti
D!peti1 [Sk. d!payati, dap fr. d! (see dad!ti & dayati) =deal out, spend, etc., cp. Gr. da/ptw, dapa/nh
(expenditure), dei_pnon (meal); Lat. daps (id.), damnum (expense fr. *dapnom). See also d!tta & d!na] to
induce somebody to give, to order to be given, to deal out, send, grant, dedicate J vi.485; PvA 46; aor.
d!pesi J iv.138; DhA i.226, 393 (sent); PvA 5 (id.), 31; fut. d!pessati J ii.3; DhA 371. Cp. ava˚.
D!peti
D!peti2 [Sk. dr!vayati & drapayati, Caus. to dru, see davati] to cause to run J ii.404.
D!ma
D!ma (nt.) [Sk. d!man to dyati to bind (Gr. di/dhmi), *d/, as in Gr. de/sma (rope), dia/dhma (diadem),
u(po/dhma (sandal)] a bond, fetter, rope; chain, wreath, garland S iv.163 (read d!mena for damena), 282,
(id.); A iii.393 (d!mena baddho); Sn 28 (=vacchak!na' bandhanatth!ya kat! ganthit! nandhipasayutt!
rajjubandhanavises!); Vism 108. Usually -- ˚, viz. anoja -- puppha˚ J i.9; vi.227; olambaka˚ VvA 32;
kusuma˚ J iii.394; gandha˚ J i.178; VvA 173, 198; puppha˚ J i.397; VvA 198; m!l!˚ J ii.104; rajata˚ J i.50;
iii.184; iv.91; rattapuppha˚ J iii.30; sumana˚ J iv.455.
D!ya
D!ya1 [Sk. d!va, conflagration of a forest; wood=easily inflammable substance; to dunoti (to burn) caus.
d!vayati, cp. Gr. dai/w (to burn) & P. dava1] wood; jungle, forest; a grove Vin i.10 (miga˚), 15, 350; ii.138;