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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry दातव्य

  1. दातव्यdātavyaa.To be given.
    1. To be given.
    2. Payable.
    3. To be restored or returned
    4. To be given in marriage etc., see दा.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -व्यम् The act of giving, gift, giving away; दातव्यस्य एव तद्रूपं यत् स्वत्वपरित्यागेन परस्वत्वापादनम् । ŚB. on MS.1.3.5.

    In the Gita17·20

    दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे ।

    dātavyamiti yaddānaṁ dīyate'nupakāriṇe, — The sattwic way of giving is to do it for the sake of the giving and the beneficence and to one who does no benefit in return; and it is to bestow in… 17·20
    • दातव्यम्dātavyamnominative singular of the neuter form of the potential participial adjective dātavya (ought to be given).

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Headwords under द

Part 2 of 8 दरिद्र – दान्तAll parts
  1. द – दरित
  2. दरिद्र – दान्त
  3. दान्ति – दिष्णु
  4. दिह् – दृंह्
  5. दृंहणम् – दो
  6. दोग्धृ – द्रव्यक
  7. द्रव्यम् – द्वैतम्
  8. द्वैतिन् – द्व्यहकाल