देयधर्म (deyadharma)

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

 
   देयधर्म  deyadharma  m.
   duty of giving  
   देयधर्म  deyadharma  m.
   charity     
            

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 देय—धर्म m.
  ‘the duty of giving’,  charity,  Buddh.
 

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 deyadharma,  m. (= Pali deyyadhamma,  primarily adj. and may have nt. gender,  AN 〔i.166.12〕 deyyadhammaṃ,  n. sg.,  see comm. 〔ii.265.32,  266.3〕),  meritorious gift,  lit. having the quality of something that should be given: °ma-parityāgāt Mv 〔ii.276.10〕,  as a result of having given meritorious gifts
 °ma-parityāgena Av 〔ii.117.4〕
 °maṃ,  acc.,  Mv 〔iii.426.6〕
 (ayam) asya °mo yat tathāgatasya pāṃśvañjaliḥ pātre prakṣiptaḥ Divy 〔369.3〕
 bhagavacchāsane sarvadeyadharmāḥ samucchinnāḥ Av 〔i.308.6〕.

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Indian Epigraphical Glossary

English

 deya-dharma (EI 1
 CII 3
 ML),  a pious gift
 an appro-
priate religious gift
 an expression used in numerous donative
inscriptions. A deity installed for worship was also called
deya-dharma (sometimes deva-dharma) in medieval records. Same
as dharma-deya,  dharma-dāya,  dharma-dāna.

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