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dātta

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datta 1
datta mfn. (√de) protected L.
• honoured L.

datta 2
dattá mfn. (√1. dā) given, granted, presented RV. i f. viii, x AV. &c
• placed, extended W.
• (with puttra) = ○ttrima MBh. xiii, 2616
• m. a short form [Pāṇ. 5-3, 83 Kār. Pat.] of names so terminating (yajña-, deva-, jaya &c.) which chiefly are given to Vaiśya men, vi, 2, 148 ; v, 3, 78 ff. Kāś. Mn. ii, 32 Kull. Sāh. vi, 141 [Page 467, Column 3]
• (cf. Pāṇ. 6-1, 205 Kāś.) N. of an ascetic TāṇḍyaBr. xxv, 1 5, 3 (snake-priest) MBh. xii, 10875 BhP. iv, 19, 6
• = ○ttâtreya, 1, 15 ; vi, 15, 14
• N. of a son of Rājâdhideya Sūra Hariv. 2033
• of a sage in the 2nd Manv-antara, 417
• of the 7th Vāsudeva Jain. L.
• of the 8th Tirtha-kara of the past Utsarpiṇi ib.
• n. a gift, donation ChUp. v BhP. i, 5, 22
• (ā), f. N. of a woman Pat. Kāś. ( dātteya)
• (names so terminating given to veśyās Sāh. vi, 14I)
• cf. á-