Brahmadeyya, Brahma-deyya: 2 definitions
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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarybrahmadeyya : (nt.) a royal gift.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryBrahmadeyya refers to: a most excellent gift, a royal gift, a gift given with full powers (said of land granted by the King) D. I, 87 (=seṭṭha-deyyaṃ DA. I, 246; cp. Dial. I. 108 note: the first part of the cpd. (brahma) has always been interpreted by Brahmans as referring to themselves. But brahma as the first part of a cpd. never has that meaning in Pali; and the word in our passage means literally “a full gift.” — Cp. id. p. Divy 620, where it does not need to mean “gift to brahmans,” as Index suggests); D. I, 114; J. II, 166=DhA. III, 125 (here a gift to a br. , it is true, but not with that meaning); J. VI, 486 (sudinnaṃ+); Mhbv 123. We think that both Kern (who at Toev. s. v. unjustly remarks of Bdhgh’s explanation as “unjust”) and Fick (who at “Sociale Gliederung” p. 126 translates it as “gift to a Brahman”) are wrong, at least their (and others’) interpretation is doubtful.
Note: brahmadeyya is a Pali compound consisting of the words brahma and deyya.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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