Datu, Dātu, Da-tu, Dá tú, Dá tū: 10 definitions

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Datu means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

In Buddhism

Chinese Buddhism

怛荼 [da tu]—daṇḍa, cf. 檀拏 [tan na] a staff.

Source: archive.org: A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms

[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]

怛荼 [da tu]—(dá tú) — [物名 [wu ming]] Name of an object. Also written as 但荼 [dan tu] (dàn tú) or 檀荼 [tan tu] (tán tú). See the entry for 檀拏 [tan na] (tán ná).

怛荼—【物名】又作但荼,檀荼。見檀拏條。(檀拏)

[wù míng] yòu zuò dàn tú, tán tú. jiàn tán ná tiáo.(tán ná)

[wu ming] you zuo dan tu, tan tu. jian tan na tiao.(tan na)

Source: DILA Glossaries: Ding Fubao: Dictionary of Buddhist Studies
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Chinese Buddhism (漢傳佛教, hanchuan fojiao) is the form of Buddhism that developed in China, blending Mahayana teachings with Daoist and Confucian thought. Its texts are mainly in Classical Chinese, based on translations from Sanskrit. Major schools include Chan (Zen), Pure Land, Tiantai, and Huayan. Chinese Buddhism has greatly influenced East Asian religion and culture.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

dātu : (m.) giver; a generous person.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

dātu (ဒါတု) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[dā+tu.rū.573.(dāta-saṃ)]
[ဒါ+တု။ရူ။၅၇၃။ (ဒါတ-သံ)]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

dātu—

(Burmese text): (၁) ပေး-လှူ-တတ်သော။ (၂) ပေး-လှူ-လေ့ရှိ-သော။ (၃) ပေး-လှူ-လတ္တံ့သော၊သူ။ ဘောတ္တု-ကြည့်။ (၄) ရိတ်-ဖြတ်-အပ်သော (အရာဝတ္ထု)။

(Auto-Translation): (1) Able to give and donate. (2) Having a habit of giving and donating. (3) A generous person who gives and donates. (4) Items that can be easily cut or separated.

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

Dātu (दातु).—[neuter] share, allotted portion.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Dātu (दातु):—[from ] n. part, division, allotted portion or task, [Ṛg-veda x, 90, 1]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. ifc. divisible, after a numeral-fold (cf. su-, śala-, sahasra-).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[Sanskrit to German]

Datu in German

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Dāṭu (ದಾಟು):—

1) [verb] to jump over from one side to another.

2) [verb] to cross over (a river, etc.).

3) [verb] to go away, to leave; to depart.

4) [verb] to overstep; to transgress.

5) [verb] to cease to live; to die.

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Dāṭu (ದಾಟು):—

1) [noun] a leaping or jumping forward.

2) [noun] a passing or crossing over.

3) [noun] the fact or an instance of spreading widely (as creepers etc.).

4) [noun] a place to pass through.

5) [noun] an abridging, shortening; abridgement.

6) [noun] an evil happening, disease contracted etc. supposedly caused by stepping on or walking over an inauspicious thing.

7) [noun] (mus.) a moving from one note to another leaving one or more notes in between untouched.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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