Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

dāva दाव – a forest conflagration, a forest on fire

substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

dāvá ·m. conflagration, esp. of a forest; m. n. forest.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

dāva dāva, as, m. (fr. rt. 2. du), a forest conflagration, a forest on fire; fire in general, heat; a forest; [cf. antar-d˚ and dava.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

dāvá (von du) m. P. 3,1,142. VOP. 26,36. 1〉 Brand, insbes. Waldbrand AK. 3,4,27,208. H. 1101. H. an. 2,524. MED. v. 10. a̱gnerìvāsya̱ dahàto dā̱vasya̱ dahàta̱ḥ pṛthàk AV. 7,45,2. vasante dāvāścaranti ŚAT. BR. 11,2,7,32. KAUŚ. 29. KAUŚ. 30. KAUŚ. 46. dadarśa dāvaṃ dahyantaṃ mahāntaṃ gahane vane MBH. 3,2608. MBH. 3,2616. R. 2,55,9. vanamiva dāvaparītam VARĀH. BṚH. S. 24,15. BHĀG. P. 4,7,28. BHĀG. P. 4,7,35. ˚latā eine Liane in einem brennenden Walde BHĀG. P. 8,16. — 2〉 Wald AK. H. 1111. H. an. MED. idamindraḥ sadā dāvaṃ (n.) khāṇḍavaṃ rakṣati . na ca śaknomyahaṃ dagdhuṃ rakṣyamāṇaṃ mahātmanā MBH. 1,8088. fgg. MBH. 1,8208. fgg. MBH. 1,8210. didhakṣuḥ khāṇḍavaṃ dāvam MBH. 4,38. dāvaṃ dagdhvā yathā śāntaṃ pāvakaṃ śiśirātyaye MBH. 7,1942. In allen vorangehenden Stellen stets in Verbindung mit Feuer. vicacāra dāvam RAGH. 2,8. — 3〉 = upatāpa DVIRŪPAK_im_ŚKDR. — Vgl. antardāva, viśvadāvya, dava.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

dāvá — 1〉 m. — a〉 Brand, insbes. Waldbrand. — b〉 = *upatāpa. — 2〉 m. n. Wald.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

dāvaḥ [dunāti-du kartari ṇa] = dava q. v. Comp. — agniḥ, -analaḥ, -dahanaḥ a forest-conflagration; ānaṃdamṛgadāvāgniḥ śīlaśākhimadadvipaḥ . jñānadīpamahāvāyurayaṃ khalasamāgamaḥ .. Bv. 1. 109, Bv. 1. 34.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

dāvá m. (Wald-) Brand; m. n. Wald.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

dāva dāva m. (dava) feu, chaleur; incendie de forêt; forêt. dāvāgni m. (agni) incendie de forêt. dāvānala m. (anala) mms.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.6*2–9*1: Ujjāyī / Ujjāyikā and Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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