As a Hindi name
देना
to give, grant, award; to lay (eggs), give birth to; to orate, deliver; to pay
Platts (p. 561) also records: = dehī, q.v
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set देना (denā) दिलाना (dilānā) दिलवाना (dilvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti Sanskrit ददा॑ति (dádāti) ▲ Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei)influ. Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei) Old Hindi देना (…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a living creature, man, &c.
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Dictionary citations
dehin mfn. having a body, corporeal
dehin m. a living creature, man, Mn.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
the spirit, soul (enveloped in the b˚), Up.; Bhag.; Suśr.; BhP.
dehin a. (nī f.) [deha-ini] Incarnate, embodied. — m. 1 A living being, especially a man; tvadadhīnaṃ khalu dehināṃ sukhaṃ Ku. 4. 10; Śi. 2. 46; Bg. 2. 13, 17. 2; Ms. 1. 30, 5. 49. 2 The soul, spirit (enshrined in the body); tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇānyanyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī Bg. 2. 22, 5. 13., 14. 5. — nī The earth.
dehin mfn. (-hī-hinī-hi) 1 Corporeal, embodied, having body. 2 Living, a living being. m. (-hī) The spirit. E. deha, and hani aff.
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