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dayā

day cl. 1. Ā. dayate ( p. dayamāna, RV. &c.; aor. adayiṣṭa, Bhaṭṭ. ; pf. yāṃcakre, Pāṇ. iii, 1, 37 ) to divide, impart, allot (with gen. , ii, 3, 52 ; acc. RV. ); to partake, possess, RV. ; Nir. ; to divide asunder, destroy, consume, RV. vi, 6, 5 ; x, 80, 2 ; to take part in, sympathize with, ha

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. دَي

day cl. 1. Ā. dayate ( p. dayamāna, RV. &c.; aor. adayiṣṭa, Bhaṭṭ. ; pf. yāṃcakre, Pāṇ. iii, 1, 37 ) to divide, impart, allot (with gen. , ii, 3, 52 ; acc. RV. ); to partake, possess, RV. ; Nir. ; to divide asunder, destroy, consume, RV. vi, 6, 5 ; x, 80, 2 ; to take part in, sympathize with, have pity on ( acc. , vii, 23, 5 ; AV. ; ŚBr. xiv ; Bhaṭṭ. ; gen. Daś. ; Bhaṭṭ. ; Kathās. cxxi, 104 ); to repent, RV. vii, 100, 1 ; to go, Dhātup. : Caus. ( Pot. dayayet) to have pity on ( gen. ), BhP. ii, 7, 42 : Intens. dandayyate, dād, Vop. xx, 8 f. ; cf. ava, nirava, vi.

2. dayā

dayā f. sympathy, compassion, pity for ( loc. MBh. ; Pañcat. ; Bhartṛ. &c. ; gen. R. ; Hariv. 8486 ; in comp. MBh. xiv ; Hit. i, 6, 41 ), ŚBr. xiv &c. (yāṃkṛ, ‘to take pity on’ [ loc. MBh. ; Hit. i, 2, 7 ; gen. Vop. ])

3. dayā

Pity (daughter of Dakṣa and mother of A-bhaya , BhP. iv, 1, 49 f. ), Hariv. 14035 ; cf. adaya; nir, and sadaya.

4. dāya

2. dāya m. share, portion, inheritance, RV. ; TS. &c. ( dAyAd upA gata , obtained through inheritance, Mit. ; dAyam upE ti pitus , he obtains his father's inheritance, Br. )

5. dāy

dāy cl. 1. Ā. dāyate ( Dhātup. xiv, 9 ) to give.

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