दधाति

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰádʰaHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰádʰaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi), Latin faciō, Old English dōn (English do).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐ́.d̪ʱɑː.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐˈd̪ʱɑː.t̪i/

Verb

दधाति • (dádhāti) (root धा, class 3 P)

1. to put, place, set, lay in or on
2. to inflict punishment on
3. to put one's foot in another's footstep i.e. imitate
4. to take or bring or help to
5. to direct or fix the mind or attention upon, think of, fix or resolve upon
6. to destine for, bestow on, present or impart to
7. to appoint, establish, constitute
8. to render
9. to make, produce, generate, create, cause, effect, perform, execute
10. to seize, take hold of, hold, bear, support, wear, put on (clothes)
11. to accept, obtain, conceive (especially in the womb), to take pleasure or delight in
12. to assume, have, possess, show, exhibit, incur, undergo
13. to wish to put in or lay on
14. to wish to give or present
15. to wish to gain, strive after
16. to bid defiance

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 513