As a deity name
Name 524 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 11 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 862 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
धनद · adj
धन देनेवाला । दाता — Śabdasāgara
धनद · noun · masculine
कुबेर · हिज्जल वृक्ष । समुद्रफल · धनपति वायु — Śabdasāgara
धनद · dhana-da · adj.
See s.v. dhan — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 547
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘w˚-giving’, liberal
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhanada" is the vocative of "dhanadā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
dhana—da mf(ā)n. ‘w˚-giving’, liberal, Kām.
dhana—da m. Barringtonia Acutangula, L.
N. of Kubera, MBh.; R. &c.
a Guhyaka, L.
N. of a servant of Padma-pāṇi, W.
dhana—dā f. N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, MBh.
of a Tantra deity, Tantras.
Alternative readings
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