dayita

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] p. p. [day-kta] Beloved, de- sired, liked; Bk. 10. 9. --taḥ A hus- band, lover, a beloved person; V. 3. 5 Bv. 2. 182. --tā A wife, one's beloved woman; dayitājīvitālaṃbanā- rthī Me. 4; R. 2. 3; Bv. 2. 182; Ki. 6. 13; dayitājitaḥ ‘a hen-pecked hus- band’.

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p. p. [day-kta] Beloved, de- sired, liked; Bk. 10. 9. --taḥ A hus- band, lover, a beloved person; V. 3. 5 Bv. 2. 182. --tā A wife, one's beloved woman; dayitājīvitālaṃbanā- rthī...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

38

Texts Appeared In

17

DCS: a servant or a hero; name of a man

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 8 21.1%
2. Āryāsaptaśatī 5 13.2%
3. Matsyapurāṇa 4 10.5%
4. Kirātārjunīya 3 7.9%
5. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 2 5.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: dayitayā

  māyāmṛgaṃ dayitayepsitam anvadhāvad vande mahāpuruṣa te caraṇāravindam

• Matsyapurāṇa surface: dayitā

  samayaḥ śambhudayitākṛtaḥ śaravaṇe purā

• Matsyapurāṇa surface: dayitāsu

  kṣatādharoṣṭhā drutadoṣaraktā lalanti daityā dayitāsu raktāḥ