Adattadayin, Adattādāyin, Adatta-adayin: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAdattādāyin (अदत्तादायिन्).—a. the receiver of such a gift; one who takes what has not been given away, such as a thief; अदत्तादायिनो हस्ताल्लि- प्सेत ब्राह्मणो धनं । याजनाध्यापनेनापि यथा स्तेनस्तथैव सः (adattādāyino hastālli- pseta brāhmaṇo dhanaṃ | yājanādhyāpanenāpi yathā stenastathaiva saḥ) ||
Adattādāyin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adatta and ādāyin (आदायिन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdattadāyin (अदत्तदायिन्).—[masculine] thief (lit. who takes what is not given).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdattādāyin (अदत्तादायिन्):—[=a-dattādāyin] [from a-datta] ([Manu-smṛti]), m. a thief.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: A, Adayin, Adatta.
Full-text: Adatta.
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