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Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
ā- + dāna (“giving”) as ādadāti (“to take”) is ā- + dadāti (“to give”); alternatively, just ādā + -ana.
Noun
ādāna n
- taking
c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:Adinnādānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi- I observe the precept of abstaining from taking that which is not given.
Declension
Declension table of "ādāna" (neuter)
References
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ādāna”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead