adjective
Avadāniya (adjective) [from avadāna cutting off; ava + dā 2 to cut] stingy, niggardly Snp 774 (= Nidd I 36 f. which explains as follows: avaṃ gacchanti ti pi avadāniyā; maccharino pi vuccanti avadāniyā; buddhānaṃ ... vacanaṃ ... nādiyantī ti avadāniyā. Pj II 516 con- {74} denses this explanation into the following: avaṃgamanatāya maccharitāya buddhādīnaṃ vacanaṃ anādiyanatāya ca avadāniyā).
illiberal, niggardly
(adj, adj, from sk na vadānya) ungenerous; stingy; unkind Construction: na > a + vadāniya