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Ambiguity: Although Daan has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Dana.
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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryDaan in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) donation; charity, alms; a religious gift (in cash or kind); a suffix used to denote a stand, container or pot etc. (e.g. [kamaladana, pikadana, shamadana]); the fluid that flows from the temples of an elephant while in rut; -[dakshina] alms and donations; -[dharma] religious practices, charity and munificence; ~[patra] a gift-deed; ~[patra] a donating box; (one) deserving alms; ~[lila] a famous sport of Lord Krishna wherein he realised toll from the milk-maids; ~[vira] a hero characterized by generous disposition; bountiful, munificent; hence ~[virata; ~shila] generous, bountiful, munificent; •[ta] generous disposition, bounteousness, munificence; —[ki bachiya ke damta ginana] to look a gift horse in the mouth; —[dena] to donate, to give in alms..—daan (दान) is alternatively transliterated as Dāna.
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Starts with: Daanachettu, Daandla mara, Daang-dinge, Daani, Daanimma, Daankhli, Daanpha, Danku, Taa-natti-tanaatuniruppu, Tana, Tanatar, Tankar, Tankarma.
Ends with (+18): Aadan--pradaan, Bhikshadaan, Ceyankontan, Dashadaan, Getgedaan, Inkucukkantan, Kallutan, Kampalikontan, Khandan, Kintan, Kirippurantan, Kotaikkuvatan, Krung baadaan, Kulimintan, Kuntan, Kutan, Montan, Mumtan, Mutaliyantan, Nadan.
Full-text (+256): Dan, Shodashadana, Shuddhadat, Dvidat, Caturdat, Phrom daan, Geeron dan kaaruwa, Thermopsis inflata, Muniri dan, Wo dan, Ribes alpestre, Bai hua dan, San dan, Aloma dan, Dan magami, Shodash-daan, Lonicera hypoleuca, Khre dan ci tse, Mu dan, Qing niu dan.
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Search found 54 books and stories containing Daan, Dan; (plurals include: Daans, Dans). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Note on the Must (Musth) condition of elephants < [Notes]
Part 7 - Sumatra < [Appendix 8.2 - The Romance of Betel-Chewing]
Note on dreams at the end of the night < [Notes]
Shakti and Shakta (by John Woodroffe)
Appendix I - Quelqes Concepts Fondamentaux des Hindous < [Appendices]
Appendix II - Quelqes Observations Sur Le Rituel Hindou < [Appendices]
Chapter XI - Śakti in Taoism < [Section 1 - Introductory]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Impact of Vedic Culture on Society (by Kaushik Acharya)
1.C: Dāna in the Mahābhārata and the Bhagavad-gītā < [Chapter 2]
System of Taxation < [Chapter 5]
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-vijaya (by Śrī Gunaraja Khan)
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