dayā

[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...

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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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√daya दय

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Ātmanepada · dānagatirakṣaṇahiṃsā'dāneṣu

to accept, to recieve, to obtain, to go, to protect, to kill, to hurt, to injure, to accept, to take

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