dayā

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[apte] [day bhidā-bhāve aṅ] Pity, tend- erness, compassion, mercy, sym- pathy; nirguṇeṣvapi sattveṣu dayāṃ kurvaṃti sādhavaḥ H. 1. 60; R. 2. 11; yatnādapi para- kleśaṃ hartuṃ yā hṛdi jāyate. icchā bhūmisuraśreṣṭha sā dayā parikīrtitā... --Comp. --kara a. kind, sympathetic. (--raḥ) an epi- thet of Śiva. --kūṭaḥ, --kūrcaḥ epithets of Buddha. --vīraḥ (in Rhet.) the sentiment of heroic compassion; the sentiment of heroism...

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[day bhidā-bhāve aṅ] Pity, tend- erness, compassion, mercy, sym- pathy; nirguṇeṣvapi sattveṣu dayāṃ kurvaṃti sādhavaḥ H. 1. 60; R. 2. 11; yatnādapi para- kleśaṃ hartuṃ yā hṛdi...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

82

Texts Appeared In

22

DCS: an aquatic bird; the bird Turdus Ginginianus

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 27 32.9%
2. Baudhāyanadharmasūtra 7 8.5%
3. Kāmasūtra 7 8.5%
4. Nāradasmṛti 7 8.5%
5. Āpastambadharmasūtra 4 4.9%

Concordance (Sample)

• Mahābhārata surface: dāyān

  tuṣṭaḥ prayacchati tathā sarvān dāyān sureśvaraḥ

• Mahābhārata surface: dāya

  yo vānuvartī putrāṇāṃ sa putro dāyabhāg bhavet

• Mahābhārata surface: dāyam

  tathādya loke na rame 'nyadatte tasmācchibe nābhinandāmi dāyam