दत्त

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

दत्त

1. Devanagari script form of datta (“given”)

Prakrit

Adjective

दत्त (datta)

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀤𑀢𑁆𑀢 (“given, granted”)

Noun

दत्त (datta)

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀤𑀢𑁆𑀢 (“a sickle or scythe”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *de-dh₃-tó-s, from *deh₃- (“to give”). Related to Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀 (dāta, “given”), Latin datus (“given”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐt.tɐ́/,
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɐt̪.t̪ɐ/,

Adjective

दत्त • (dattá) stem

1. given, granted, presented
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.33.2:

     त्वादत्तेभी रुद्र शंतमेभिः शतं हिमा अशीय भेषजेभिः ।
     व्यस्मद्द्वेषो वितरं व्यंहो व्यमीवाश्चातयस्वा विषूचीः ॥

     tvādattebhī rudra śaṃtamebhiḥ śataṃ himā aśīya bheṣajebhiḥ .
     vyasmaddveṣo vitaraṃ vyaṃho vyamīvāścātayasvā viṣūcīḥ .

     With the most beneficent medicines given by thee, Rudra, may I attain a hundred winters.
     Far from us banish enmity and hatred, and to all quarters maladies and trouble.

2. Made over, delivered, assigned
3. Placed, stretched forth
4. Preserved, guarded
5. giving: -ka, a. given to be adopted (son)

Declension

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀢𑁆𑀢 (datta) (chiefly proper nouns)
• Pali: datta
• Malayalam: ദത്ത് (dattŭ)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “दत्त”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]