檀那

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (檀那)		檀	那
alternative forms		檀𨚗

Borrowed from Sanskrit दान (dāna).

檀那

檀那

For pronunciation and definitions of 檀那 – see the following entry.

[noun] (Buddhism) generosity as one of the Buddhist perfections (पारमिता (pāramitā))

[noun] (Buddhism) a person who makes such a donation: a patron

[noun] (archaic) in the Japanese medieval period, overnight visitors to a shrine or temple

[noun] (archaic) by extension, a gentleman

[noun] broadly, a patron, a husband, a master:

[noun] (honorific) a master of servants, a boss of employees, the master of the house

[noun] (honorific) by extension, an honorific for one's own or someone else's husband

[noun] (honorific) also by extension, used by shopkeepers to address a male customer or by an artisan to refer to one's own school or lineage

[noun] (honorific) a term used by a concubine, mistress, or geisha to refer to one's own patron: a sugar daddy

[noun] (honorific) a term used by female servants to refer to the mistress of the house

(This term, 檀那, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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