Vrithadana, Vṛthādāna, Vritha-dana: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vṛthādāna can be transliterated into English as Vrthadana or Vrithadana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvṛthādāna (वृथादान).—n (S) Unprofitable or unproductive donation (as gifts to encomiasts, harlots, wrestlers &c., money lost at play &c.)
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishvṛthādāna (वृथादान).—n Unprofitable donation.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVṛthādāna (वृथादान).—a gift that may be revoked, or not made good if promised; देवपितृविहीनं यदीश्वरेभ्यः स्वदोषतः । दत्वानुकीर्तनाच्चैव वेदाग्निव्रतत्यागिने ॥ अन्यायोपार्जितं दानं व्यर्थं ब्रह्महणे तथा । गुरवेऽ- नृतवक्त्राया स्तेनाय पतिताय च ॥ कृतघ्नाय च यद्दत्तं सर्वदा ब्रह्मविद्विषे । याजकाय च सर्वस्य वृषल्याः पतये तथा ॥ परिचारकाय भृत्याय सर्वत्र पिशुनाय च । इत्येतानि तु राजेन्द्र वृथादानानि षोडश (devapitṛvihīnaṃ yadīśvarebhyaḥ svadoṣataḥ | datvānukīrtanāccaiva vedāgnivratatyāgine || anyāyopārjitaṃ dānaṃ vyarthaṃ brahmahaṇe tathā | gurave'- nṛtavaktrāyā stenāya patitāya ca || kṛtaghnāya ca yaddattaṃ sarvadā brahmavidviṣe | yājakāya ca sarvasya vṛṣalyāḥ pataye tathā || paricārakāya bhṛtyāya sarvatra piśunāya ca | ityetāni tu rājendra vṛthādānāni ṣoḍaśa) || Vahni Purāṇa; Manusmṛti 8.159.
Derivable forms: vṛthādānam (वृथादानम्).
Vṛthādāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛthā and dāna (दान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛthādāna (वृथादान).—n.
(-naṃ) Unprofitable donation, gift to encomiasts, harlots, wrestlers, money lost at play, &c. E. vṛthā vain, and dāna giving.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛthādāna (वृथादान).—unprofitable donation, gift to musicians, actresses, etc., [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 159.
Vṛthādāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛthā and dāna (दान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛthādāna (वृथादान):—[=vṛthā-dāna] [from vṛthā > vṛ] n. a useless or improper gift (as a gift promised to courtesans, wrestlers etc.; [according to] to some there are 16 kinds of these gifts), [Manu-smṛti viii, 139.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛthādāna (वृथादान):—[vṛthā+dāna] (naṃ) 1. n. Unprofitable donation, as gifts to harlots, money lost at play, &c.
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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