ādāna

See also: adana, Adana, adana-, adaną, and Адана

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀆𑀤𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • आदान (Devanagari script)
  • আদান (Bengali script)
  • ආදාන (Sinhalese script)
  • အာဒါန or ဢႃၻႃၼ (Burmese script)
  • อาทาน or อาทานะ (Thai script)
  • ᩋᩣᨴᩤᨶ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອາທານ or ອາທານະ (Lao script)
  • អាទាន (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄂𑄘𑄂𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

ā- +‎ dāna (“giving”) as ādadāti (“to take”) is ā- +‎ dadāti (“to give”); alternatively, just ādā +‎ -ana.

Noun

ādāna n

  1. 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)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)ādānaṃādānāni
Accusative (second)ādānaṃādānāni
Instrumental (third)ādānenaādānehi or ādānebhi
Dative (fourth)ādānassa or ādānāya or ādānatthaṃādānānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)ādānasmā or ādānamhā or ādānāādānehi or ādānebhi
Genitive (sixth)ādānassaādānānaṃ
Locative (seventh)ādānasmiṃ or ādānamhi or ādāneādānesu
Vocative (calling)ādānaādānāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ādāna”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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