Dharmadaya, Dharmādāya: 3 definitions

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Dharmadaya means something in Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Dharmadaya in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dharmādāya (धर्मादाय) [or धर्मादाव, dharmādāva].—m An alms or a gift in charity. 2 An endowment of revenue for a religious purpose; an order (upon a village) for a quantity of corn annually; any allowance for religious persons or purposes. 3 Used as ad for dharmārtha In charity or as a religious gift. dha0 ṭākaṇēṃ-sōḍaṇēṃ-dēṇēṃ To give up in charity; to resign for some charitable use.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

dharmādāya (धर्मादाय) [or dharmādāva, or धर्मादाव].—m An alms or a gift in charity; charity or as a religious gift.

context information

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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Dharmadaya in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dharmādāya (ಧರ್ಮಾದಾಯ):—

1) [noun] an amount of money that a government earmarks for religious, philanthropic or charitable purpose.

2) [noun] an amount of money earmarked by an individual for charitable purpose.

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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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