The corpus record — Sanskrit

dāntaḥ

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Where it lives

Aitareya Upanisad 1 · 2.06/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 5 · 0.66/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. dänt-

dänt- m. Zahn (RV [dan, dantam, datas u.a.] +; ab RV 6,75,11 [„spätere Zudichtung“, s. GeRV II 177b, AiGr 111 260], AV + retrograd [zum AkkSg ’tam] dänta- m., s. auch AiGr 11 1,91; in Kompp. bleibt °dant- [$B u.a. °danta-, s. AiGr II 1? Nachtr 29, III 260], fallweise °da- [AiGr II 1,97]); dat-vant- mit Zähnen versehen (RV, AV), a-dat-ka- zahnios (Up). - Mi., nu., ni., 696 dabhiti- - dabhra- Narten, aaO. (Spr 34) … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. dänt-, p. 748]

2. dänta-

dänta- (N. pr.), s.u. damayanti-, 0. III 261. - däraka-, därıka-, s.0 1720 (sv. dara-) - däradaka-, s darada-., o. II 261. — [Mayrhofer, s.v. dänta-, p. 299]

In the wild

dāntaḥ Aitareya Upanisad aitup_1,1.1
dānta Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,4.10
dānta Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,4.23
dānto Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,4.24
dāntā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_5,2.2
dānto Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_5,4.1

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. dant (vol. 3, scan p. 731; entry #10849).

Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.