dhāna 1 · dhāna 2
Dhāna (adjective/noun) [Sanskrit dhāna, to dadhāti; cf. dhātu] (adjective) holding, containing (—°) M I 11 (ahi kaṇṭaka°; cf. ādhāna and kaṇṭaka). — (noun) neuter a receptacle Dhp 58 (saṅkāra° dust-heap = ṭhāna Dhp-a I 445). feminine dhānī a seat (= ṭhāna), in rāja° "the king's seat," a royal town. Often in comb with gāma and nigama (see gāma 3 a): Vin III 89; Ja VI 397; Pv II 13 18 .
(nt, nt, act, in comps, from dhāyati) placing; putting Construction: √dhā + ana
(nt, nt, from dhāyati) receptacle; bin; (comm) heap [lit.] placing Construction: √dhā + ana