Dhona, Ḍhoṅa: 5 definitions
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Dhona means something in Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. 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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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarydhona : (adj.) wise.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryDhona, (adj.-n.) (either=dhota, Sk. dhauta, see dhovati or=dhuta, see dhuta & dhunana. Quite a diff. suggestion as regards etym. is given by Kern, Toev. 117, who considers it as a possible dern fr. (a)dho, after analogy of poṇa. Very doubtful) 1. purified M.I, 386; Sn.351, 786, 813, 834 (=dhutakilesa SnA 542); J.III, 160 (°sākha=patthaṭasākha Com.; v. l. BB vena°); Nd1 77=176 (: dhonā vuccati paññā etc., dhuta & dhota used indiscriminately in exegesis following).—2. (pl.) the four requisites of a bhikkhu DhA.III, 344 (: dhonā vuccati cattāro paccayā, in Com. on atidhonacārin Dh.240; gloss K. dhovanā, cp. Morris, J.P.T.S. 1887, 100). (Page 343)
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryḍhōṇa (ढोण).—n A huge misshapen piece of firewood; a chump, clump, block. Hence, revilingly, a huge flesh-mountain, a porpoise.
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ḍhōṇā (ढोणा) [or ण्या, ṇyā].—a (ḍhōṇa Log or block.) Large and lubberly; bulky and sluggish. 2 Applied also to a grown up male behaving as a child.
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dhōṇa (धोण).—n The stump or stock of a tree: also a rude block, clump, or chump.
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dhōṇā (धोणा) [or ण्या, ṇyā].—a Rude, blockish, illiterate.
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dhōṇā (धोणा).—m A block or clump of wood.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishḍhōṇa (ढोण).—n A huge piece of firewood, a large flesh-mountain.
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ḍhōṇā (ढोणा) [-ṇyā, -ण्या].—a Large and lubberly.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Ḍhonā (ढोना):—(v) to transport, to cart, to haul, to carry; to bear (on head or shoulder, etc.).
2) Dhonā (धोना):—(v) to wash; to launder; to cleanse; to undo; —[kara pī jānā] to leave no trace of, to eradicate the entity of; —[denā] to wash off, to undo; —[bahānā] to wash off; to nullify.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Dhonagem, Dhonagimota, Dhonagyaasuda, Dhonaka, Dhonakura, Dhonasa, Dhonasakada, Dhonasakha Jataka, Dhonashi, Dhonashira, Tonamukam, Tonatona.
Ends with: Ardhona, Dhadhona, Nibaradhona, Tonatona.
Full-text: Atidhonacarin, Dhonakura, Nibaradhona, Nahana, Kalamka, Bahna, Kalank, Bahana, Dhunati, Yuga, Prana, Pran, Hath, Mana, Man, Hatha, Mumha.
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