Dhata, ٳٲ, ٳ, Ḍhāṭa, Dha-ta: 25 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) ٳ (धाता).�General information. One of the twelve Ā徱ٲⲹ. (See Dvādaśādityas and Āditya). Other details: (1) At the burning of Khāṇḍava forest among the gods who came against Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, there was ٳ also. (Ѳٲ Ādi Parva, Chapter 266, Stanza 34).
ٳ gave Subrahmaṇya five followers named Kunda, Kusuma, Kumuda, Ḍaṃbara and Āḍaṃbara as gift. (Ѳٲ Śalya Parva, Chapter 45 Stanza 39). (See full article at Story of ٳ from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
2) ٳ (धाता).—It is seen in Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Aṃśa 1, Chapter 10, that two sons named ٳ and Vidhātā and a daughter Lakṣmī were born to ṛg, the son of Brahmā, by his wife پ. Of them ٳ and Vidhātā married Āyati and Niyati, the daughters of Meru. Lakṣmī became the wife of Mahāviṣṇu.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) ٳ (धाता).—A son of ṛg and Khyāī, wife Niyaī, (Āyati, Viṣṇu-purāṇa) son Mṛkaṇḍu (Prāṇa, Viṣṇu-purāṇa).*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 11. 5. Vāyu-purāṇa 28. 1, 4, 5. Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 8. 15; 10. 2-4.
1b) A devata in the sun, in the spring season.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 52. 2.
ٳ (धाता) is a name mentioned in the Ѳٲ (cf. I.59.15, I.65, I.60.49) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Ѳٲ (mentioning ٳ) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 śǰ첹 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study1) ٳ (धाता) refers to one of the three daughters of ṛg and پ: one of the twenty-four daughters of Dakṣa and Prasūti, according to the ղṃśa (‘genealogical description�) of the 10th century ܰܰṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, Dakṣa produced in Prasūti twenty-four daughters. [...] [پ was given to ṛg.]. [...] From ṛg through پ, Lakṣmī (the beloved of Nārāyaṇa), ٳ and Vidhātā were born. ٳ and Vidhātā became the Sons-in-law of Meru marrying Āyati and Niyati respectively. Prāṇa was born form ٳ and Mṛkaṇḍu was born from Vidhātā.
2) ٳ (धाता) is the name of one of the twelve Ā徱ٲⲹ: the offspring of Aditi, according to another account ղṃśa in the ܰܰṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, Dakṣa gave thirteen daughters to Kaśyapa. [...] Kaśyapa’s thirteen wives are [viz., Aditi]. Aditi gives birth to twelve Ā徱ٲⲹ, [viz. ٳ].

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Pure Bhakti: Arcana-dipika - 3rd Editionٳٲ (धा�) is the tenth of sixty years (ṃvٲ) in the Vedic lunar calendar according to the Arcana-dīpikā by Vāmana Mahārāja (cf. Appendix).—Accordingl, There are sixty different names for each year in the Vedic lunar calendar, which begins on the new moon day (Amāvasyā) after the appearance day of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu (Gaura-pūrṇimā), in February or March. The Vedic year [viz., ٳٲ], therefore, does not correspond exactly with the Christian solar calendar year.

Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu�).
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihiraٳ (धाता) refers to the tenth of the sixty-year cycle of Jupiter, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 8), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The five years of the second yuga are known as�1. Aṅgirā, 2. Śrīmukha 3. Bhāva, 4. Yuvā and 5. ٳ. Of these, during the first three years mankind will enjoy happiness and during the last two they will not enjoy much of it. 32. In the first three of the above five years there will be abundance of rain and mankind will be freed from fears and anxieties; in the last two years the rainfall will be moderate but disease and wars will afflict mankind�.

Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Textsٳ (धाता) is the name of a deity associated with the ṇḍ貹 attached to the sanctuary, as discussed in the ninth chapter of the Īśvarasaṃhitā (printed edition), a Pāñcarātra work in 8200 verses and 24 chapters dealing with topics such as routines of temple worship, major and minor festivals, temple-building and initiation.—Description of the chapter [屹屹ṇa-𱹲ṣaṇa-徱-]: This chapter concerns the daily ritual obligations owed to the deities whose abodes are fixed in the temple doorways—namely, Vāgīśa in the right door-jamb [岹ṣiṇa], Kṣetranātha in the left [峾], and Lakṣmī in the lintel along with the personified discus of Viṣṇu (i.e., Cakra). Their respective descriptions are given (5-16). At the entrance of the sanctuary [ṛh], Gaṇādhipa and Pracaṇḍa are to be found, with Garuḍa in the lintel (17-28); while in the ṇḍ貹 attached to the sanctuary ٳ and Vidhātā will be found.

Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA deva who was born in the deva world because of his gifts to brahmins. J.vi.201f.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarydhata : (pp. of dhāreti) kept in mind; known by heart.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionaryٳٲ, (Sk. *dhāyita of dhayati to suck, nourish, pp. dhīta) fed, satiated; satisfied, appeased Vin.I, 222; J.I, 185; II, 247, 446; V, 73; VI, 555; Pv.I, 118 (so read for dāta)=PvA.59 (: suhita titta); Miln.238, 249.—f. abstr. ٲ satiation, fulness, satisfaction, in ati° J.II, 293. (Page 340)
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Dhata, (Sk. dhṛta, pp. of dharati; cp. dhara & dhāreti) 1. firm, prepared, ready, resolved A.III, 114; 屹.V, 52.�2. kept in mind, understood, known by heart Vin.II, 95; A.I, 36. (Page 335)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary1) dhata (ဓ�) [(ti) (တ�)]�
[dhara+ta]
း�+တ]
2) dhāta (ဓာ�) [(ti) (တ�)]�
[dhā+ta.dhā dhāradānaposane.dhātvattha.]
[ဓ�+တ။ ဓ� ဓာရဒါနပေါသနေ။ ဓာတွတ္ထ။]
3) dhātā (ဓာတ�) [(thī) (ထ�)]�
ڲⲹ徱�(ٲ-�,-)
[ယဒိစ္ဆာနာမ်။ (ဓာ�-သံ၊ ဓာ�-ပြ�)]
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)1) dhata�
(Burmese text): ဆောင်အပ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): Entrusted.
2) dhāta�
(Burmese text): (�) ဆောင်အပ်သော၊ လေ့လ�-ဆည်းပူ�-အပ်သော၊ နှုတ်တက်ရွရ� အာဂုံအရဆောင်သော၊ သူ။ (�) ရောင့်ရ�-တင်းတိမ�-ပြည့်စု�-သော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) One who is entrusted, studied, interconnected, and eloquently expresses themselves. (2) Strong, tenacious, and complete.
3) dhātā�
(Burmese text): ဓာတာမည်သေ�-နတ�-ဗြဟ္မာ။
(Auto-Translation): What is the essence of the god Brahma?

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryṭa (धट).—m (S) A large fixed balance, or, simply, the beam of it to which scales are attached as wanted. 2 A prop or shore (to a loaded cart or more gen). 3 The details or particulars of a revenue-survey; also the document exhibiting them. ṭa ghēṇēṃ or ghēūna basaṇēṃ (To sit holding a balance, ready to weigh the money demanded.) To sit in rigorous dunning; to sit in ṇĸ q. v. ṭa lāvaṇēṃ (and v i 岵ṇĸ-ṇĸ) To set up a ṭa or large balance, as if for much weighing.) To do (e. g. to eat, drink, talk, walk, write &c.) excessively and constantly. dhaṭāsa lāvaṇēṃ (To put upon the ṭa) To thrust out into official or public notice (some private or simple matter).
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ṭa (धट).—a Bold &c. See ṭṭ.
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ṭa (धट).—ad Straight on, right on, directly forward--a road, person &c. proceeding.
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dhāṭa (धा�).—n W A village of mere boors.
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dhāṭ� (धाटा).—m A web of cloth of about a span-breadth and five cubits in length. This cloth being employed as a wrapper over the head and ears, as a girding around a cap, as a raiser and stiffener of the mustaches of Dandies (in their hours of dishabile), and as a waist-bandage by females after parturition, the word has come to be understood by many as bearing only these specific significations. v ghē, bāndha.
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dhāta (धा�).—f (ٳ S) Semen virile. dhāta phuṭaṇēṃ g. of s. To get a gleet. 2 in. con. To attain to puberty.
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dhātā (धाता).—m S A title of God. Cherisher, Upholder, Preserver &c. 2 That possesses or has.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishṭa (धट).�m A large fixed balance. dhaṭāsa lāvaṇēṃ To thrust out into official or public notice.
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dhātā (धाता).�m A title of God. Preserver.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryٳṭa (धट).�
1) A balance, a pair of scales.
2) Ordeal by the balance.
3) The sign Libra of the zodiac.
Derivable forms: ṭa� (धट�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryٳṭa (धट).—m.
(-ṭa�) 1. A balance, a pair of scales. 2. the sign Libra. 3. Ordeal by the balance. f. (-ṭ�) 1. Old cloth or raiment. 2. A piece of cloth worn over the privities. E. � to sound, and ṭa substituted for ṇa, affix ac.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryٳṭa (धट).� (probably a dialectical form of �, based on the nom. sing. ), m. The scale of a balance, [Mitāksharā, (ed. Calc., 1829.)] 140, 1, below.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryٳṭa (धट).—[masculine] pair of scales, balance; [feminine] ī a rag of cloth.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ٳṭa (धट):�m. ([probably] [from] �dhri like ṭa [from] ��) a balance or the scale of a b°, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi] (cf. ٳܱ-)
2) ordeal by the b°, [Mitākṣarā]
3) the sign of the zodiac Libra, [Jyotiṣa]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryٳṭa (धट):�(ṭa�) 1. m. A balance; Libra; an ordeal; piece of old cloth.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Ḍhāṭ� (ढाटा):�(nm) a strip of cloth tied over the beard to keep it in good trim (used sometimes by the Sikhs) or around the face (generally used by dacoits to conceal their identity).
2) Dhata (धत) [Also spelled dhat]:�(nf) a mania, craze; ~[ī] addicted to, crazy, having an inveterate habit.
3) Dhatā (धत�):�(nm) (the act of) driving away, putting off, evasion; —[/&岹;] to tell off,/drive away.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusٳṭa (ಧಟ):�
1) [noun] an instrument for weighing, esp. one that opposes equal weights, as in two matched shallow pans hanging from either end of a lever supported exactly in the middle; a balance; scales.
2) [noun] a manner of testing the truthfulness of man, in which the man under trial was made to sit on one of the pans of a balance and lumps of earth or other material equal to his weight are placed on the other, then once the man has to get out of the balance and sit again and then he is declared innocent if his weight is less than the weight on the other pan, otherwise he is declared guilty; a balance-ordeal.
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ٳٲ (ಧಾ�):�
1) [noun] Brahma, the creator of the universe.
2) [noun] one of the twelve Ā徱ٲⲹ, a group of gods who protect the universe.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) Ḍhāṭa (ढा�):—n. 1. barrier on the road for collecting taxes; 2. enclosure for keeping stray cows, etc.;
2) ٳ (धाता):—adj. 1. � पालक [첹 ] ; 2. � रक्ष� [ṣa첹 ] ; 3. searing; putting on; bearing;
3) ٳ (धाता):—n. 1. founder; creator; 2. preserver; parent; 3. Mythol. a title of Brahma, Vishnu or Shiva; 4. Mythol. one of the twelve forms of the Sun; 5. one of the forty-nine forms of air;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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