दानपति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Compound of दान (dāna) +‎ पति (pati)

Noun

दानपति • (dānapati) stemm

  1. a liberal or munificent man; one who gives a gift
  2. a donor, one who dedicates the image of a deity (esp. as the result of a previous vow)

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of दानपति
singular dual plural
nominative दानपतिः (dānapatiḥ) दानपती (dānapatī) दानपतयः (dānapatayaḥ)
accusative दानपतिम् (dānapatim) दानपती (dānapatī) दानपतीन् (dānapatīn)
instrumental दानपतिना (dānapatinā)
दानपत्या¹ (dānapatyā¹)
दानपतिभ्याम् (dānapatibhyām) दानपतिभिः (dānapatibhiḥ)
dative दानपतये (dānapataye) दानपतिभ्याम् (dānapatibhyām) दानपतिभ्यः (dānapatibhyaḥ)
ablative दानपतेः (dānapateḥ)
दानपत्यः¹ (dānapatyaḥ¹)
दानपतिभ्याम् (dānapatibhyām) दानपतिभ्यः (dānapatibhyaḥ)
genitive दानपतेः (dānapateḥ)
दानपत्यः¹ (dānapatyaḥ¹)
दानपत्योः (dānapatyoḥ) दानपतीनाम् (dānapatīnām)
locative दानपतौ (dānapatau)
दानपता¹ (dānapatā¹)
दानपत्योः (dānapatyoḥ) दानपतिषु (dānapatiṣu)
vocative दानपते (dānapate) दानपती (dānapatī) दानपतयः (dānapatayaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Middle Chinese: 檀越 (dan hjwot)
  • Chinese: 施主 (shīzhǔ) (calque)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “दानपति”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016