masculine, neuter · doṇa 1 · doṇa 2
Doṇa [Sanskrit droṇa (neuter) connected with *dereṷo tree, wood, wooden, see dabbi and dāru and cf. Sanskrit druṇī pail] a wooden pail, vat, trough; usually as measure of capacity (4 āḷhaka generally) Pv IV 3 33 (mitāni sukhadukkhāni doṇehi piṭakehi). taṇḍula° a doṇa of rice Dhp-a III 264; IV 15. At Ja II 367 doṇa is used elliptically for doṇamāpaka (see below). -pāka of which a d. full is cooked, a doṇa measure of food S I 81; Dhp-a II 8; -māpaka (mahāmatta) (a higher official) supervising the measuring of the doṇa-revenue (of rice) Ja II 367, 378, 381; Dhp-a IV 88; -mita a d. measure full D I 54; M I 518.
a bucket; a measure of capacity; to the amount of a dona
【陽、中】 陀那（容量，大約 1 加侖，或 ⅛ 蒲式耳〔容量等於八加侖〕）。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Doṇa</c> </b> <br>A brahmin. He was at Kusinārā at the time of the Buddha’s death, and it was his intervention which prevented a quarrel among the kings who assembled there to claim the Buddha’s relics. He pointed out to them the impropriety of a quarrel over anything connected with the Buddha, the teacher of Peace. The claimants thereupon asked Doṇa to undertake the distribution of the relics. He divided them into eight parts, one of which he gave to each king. He himself kept the vessel used for collecting and dividing the relics, and over it he built a thūpa, celebrating a feast in its honour. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.166f.</c> <br>Doṇa first met the Buddha on the road between Ukkaṭṭha and Setavyā. He saw the Buddha’s footprints and, following them, he came upon the Buddha seated at the foot of a-tree. Doṇa asked him various questions as to his identity and the Buddha explained to him his Buddha-hood. <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.ii.37f.</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(nt, nt) measure of volume; bucket; trough; vat measure of capacity, 1/8th of a bushel
(masc, masc) name of a Brahman name of a Brahman [lit.] bucket