Sadadana, Sada-dana, Sadādāna: 6 definitions

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Sadādāna (सदादान).—a. always making gifts or exuding rut; सदादानः परिक्षीणः शस्त एव करीश्वरः (sadādānaḥ parikṣīṇaḥ śasta eva karīśvaraḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.7. (-naḥ) 1 a ruttish elephant.

2) a scent-elephant (-gandhadvīpa q. v.).

3) Name of the elephant of Indra.

4) Name of Gaṇeśa.

Sadādāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sadā and dāna (दान).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sadādāna (सदादान).—n.

(-naṃ) Liberality, munificence. m.

(-naḥ) 1. The elephant of Indra. 2. A name of Ganesa. 3. An elephant in rut. E. sadā always, dāna giving, or the ichor that exudes from the elephant’s temples.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sadādāna (सदादान).—I. n. liberality. Ii. m. 1. Indra's elephant. 2. an elephant in rut. 3. Gaṇeśa.

— Cf. [Latin] donum.

Sadādāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sadā and dāna (दान).

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

1) Sadādāna (सदादान):—[=sadā-dāna] [from sadā > sadam] 1. sadā-dāna n. (See 1. dāna) ‘always giving’, liberality, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. always liberal, [Pañcatantra]

3) [v.s. ...] 2. sadā-dāna mfn. (See 2. dāna) always exuding rut-fluid (as an elephant), [ib.]

4) [v.s. ...] an elephant in rut, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] Name of Airāvata (the el° of Indra), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] of Gaṇeśa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Sadādāna (सदादान):—[sadā+dāna] (naḥ) 1. m. The elephant of Indra; Ganesha; elephant in rut. n. Liberality.

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

Sadādāna (सदादान):—1. (sadā + 1. dāna) n. beständiges Spenden [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 183.]

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Sadādāna (सदादान):—2. (wie eben) adj. beständig spendend [Spr. (II) 6753] (zugleich in der Bed. 3. sadādāna 1).

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Sadādāna (सदादान):—3. (sadā + 5. dāna)

1) adj. beständig Brunstsaft entlassend [Spr. (II) 6753] (zugleich beständig spendend). —

2) m. a) = gandhagaja, gandhahastin [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 34.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 198.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 216.] — b) Indra's Elephant [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Jaṭādhara] in [Oxforder Handschriften 191,a,41.] — c) ein N. Gaṇeśa’s [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch
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