As a deity name
Name 523 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 56 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 754 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
धन्य · adj
पुण्यवान् । सुकृती । श्लाघ्य । प्रशंसा के योग्य । बड़ाई के योग्य । कृतार्थ । भाग्यशली · धन देनेवाला । जिससे धन प्राप्त हो — Śabdasāgara
धन्य · noun · masculine
अश्वकर्ण वृक्ष · धनिया · विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
धन्य · dhanya · adj.
Bringing wealth; fortunate, auspicious, well-fated, lucky, happy, blest; good, virtuous, worthy of greatness or glory — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 549
धन्य
blessed, fortunate
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi धन्य — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit धन्य (dhánya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dhanya mfn. bringing or bestowing wealth, opulent, rich (ifc. full of), RV. &c. &c.
fortunate, happy, auspicious, Mn.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
bringing or bestowing wealth, opulent, rich (ifc. full of), &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhanya" is the vocative of "dhanyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "dhanya" is derived from "dhan" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. dhan cl. 1. P. dhanati, to sound, L. (cf. √ dhaṇ and dhvan).
2. dhan cl. 3. P. dadhanti. (Pāṇ. vi, 1, 192) to cause to run or move quickly (p. dadhanat, dadhanvas; Pot. dadhanyur, RV.); to bear fruit, Dhātup. xxv, 23 : Caus. dhanayati, ˚te, to cause to move or run ; to move or run, RV. (cf. dhanv and dhaniṣṭha).
dhanya mfn. bringing or bestowing wealth, opulent, rich (ifc. full of), RV. &c. &c.
fortunate, happy, auspicious, Mn.; MBh. &c.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
dhanya mfn. bringing or bestowing wealth, opulent, rich (ifc. full of), RV. &c. &c.
fortunate, happy, auspicious, Mn.; MBh. &c.
good, virtuous, L. (cf. dhanika)
wholesome, healthy, Car.
dhanya m. infidel, atheist, W.
dhanyā (ā), f. a nurse, L.
Emblic Myrobalan, L.
1. dhan cl. 1. P. dhanati, to sound, L. (cf. √ dhaṇ and dhvan).
2. dhan cl. 3. P. dadhanti. (Pāṇ. vi, 1, 192) to cause to run or move quickly (p. dadhanat, dadhanvas; Pot. dadhanyur, RV.); to bear fruit, Dhātup. xxv, 23 : Caus. dhanayati, ˚te, to cause to move or run ; to move or run, RV. (cf. dhanv and dhaniṣṭha).
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