Danavantu, Dānavantu, Dana-vantu: 2 definitions

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Danavantu means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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[«previous next»] — Danavantu in Pali glossary
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

dānavantu (ဒါနဝန္တု) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[dāna+vantu.thī-nitea dānavatī,(dāna-saṃ)]
[ဒါန+ဝန္တု။ ထီ-၌ ဒါနဝတီ၊ (ဒါနဝန်-သံ)]

[Pali to Burmese]

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

dānavantu—

(Burmese text): ဒါနစေတနာရှိသော၊ ပေး-လှူ-လေ့-ရှိသော၊သူ။

(Auto-Translation): A person who has a generous spirit, who gives and shares.

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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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