The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

house for grain Vin i.240; -- pi&aka a basket full of grain DhA iii.370; -- r!si a heap of g. A iv.163, 170; --
samav!paka grain for sowing, not more & not less than necessary to produce grain M i.451.
Dhañña
Dhañña2 (adj.) [Sk. dh!nya, adj. to dhana or dh!nya. Semantically cp. !)hiya] "rich in corn," rich (see
dhana); happy, fortunate, lucky. Often in combn dhanadhañña. -- DhA i.171; iii.464 (dhaññ!dika one who
is rich in grains etc., i. e. lucky); DhsA 116. -- dhaññapuñña -- lakkha*a a sign of future good fortune &
merit PvA 161; as adj. endowed with the mark of . . . J vi.3. See also dh!niya.
Dhata
Dhata [Sk. dh%ta, pp. of dharati; cp. dhara & dh!reti] 1. firm, prepared, ready, resolved A iii.114; D!vs
v.52. -- 2. kept in mind, understood, known by heart Vin ii.95; A i.36.
Dhana
Dhana (nt.) [Ved. dhana; usually taken to dh! (see dadh!ti) as "stake, prize at game, booty," cp. pradh!na &
Gr. qe/ma; but more likely in orig. meaning "grain, posses sion of corn, crops etc.," cp. Lith. d(na bread,
Sk. dh!n! pl. grains & dhañña=dhana -- like, i. e. corn, grain] wealth, usually wealth of money, riches,
treasures. 1. Lit. D i.73 (sa˚); M ii.180.; A iii.222; iv.4 sq.; Nd2 135 (+yasa, issariya etc.) Th 2, 464
(+issariya); J i.225 (pa&havigata' karoti: hide in the ground), 262, 289; ii.112; iv.2; Sn 60, 185, 302; Pv
ii.610; DhA i.238. Often in combn a..ha mahaddhana mah!bhoga to indicate immense wealth (see a..ha)
PvA 3, 214 etc. (see also below ˚dhañña). -- 2. fig. Used in the expression sattavidha -- ariya -- dhana "the 7
fold noble treasure" of the good qualities or virtues, viz. saddh!, c!ga etc. (see enumd under c!ga) D
iii.163, 164, 251; VvA 113; ThA 240. -- agga the best treasure (i. e. the ariya -- dhana) D iii.164; -- atthika
wishing for or desiring wealth Sn 987; -- !s! craving for wealth; -- kk"ta bought for money DhA ii.3, --
thaddha proud of wealth, snobbish Sn 104; -- dhañña, usually Dvandva -- cpd. "money & money's worth,"
but as adj. (always in phrase pah(ta˚) it may be taken as Tatpuru+a "rich in treasures," otherwise
"possessing money & money's worth" cp. pah(tadhanadhaññav! J i.3. As n. Pv i.1111; iii.104; PvA 60;
Miln 2, 280; as adj. freq. "pah(tadhana -- dhañña" Vv 6313=Pv ii.611: PvA 97. Thus in ster. formula of
a..ha mahaddhana etc. D iii.163 sq.; S i.71; A ii.86; -- par!jaya loss of money, as adj. appl. to kali: the dice
marking loss in game Sn 659; -- lobha "greed of gold" J iv.1; -- lola= lobha J ii.212; -- viriya wealth &
power Sn 422; -- hetu for the sake of wealth Sn 122.
Dhanatta
Dhanatta (nt.) [Sk. *dhanatva'] being bent on having money J v.449.
Dhanavant
Dhanavant (adj.) [Sk. dhanavant] wealthy Nd2 462; J i.3.
Dhan!yati
Dhan!yati [Denom. to dhana] to desire (like money), to wish for, strive after M i.260 (perhaps better to be
read van!yati, see formula under all"yati, and note M i.552).
Dhanika
Dhanika [Sk. dhanika] a creditor, Th 2, 443, ThA, 271; PvA 276. Cp. dhaniya.