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dhaññassa

dhañña

masc dat sg of dhañña (adj); nt dat sg of dhañña (adj); masc gen sg of dhañña (adj); nt gen sg of dhañña (adj); …

1. lucky; auspicious; fortunate; lit. rich
2. grain; crops

Built from

• dhañ — root · be rich, abound
  The root conveys the sense of fullness, abundance, and prosperity. It appears in Sanskrit dhana (wealth) and reflects the Indo-European root *dhen- (to swell, be full).
• ña — ending · adjective suffix
  Forms an adjective from the root, yielding the sense 'abounding, full of, rich in' — whether in luck, auspiciousness, or grain.

Etymology. From √dhañ, a root meaning 'to be rich' or 'to abound'; cognate with Sanskrit dhana 'wealth, treasure' and distantly with English 'thane' (originally a man of means, property-holder). The sense 'grain' arises from grain as the measure of wealth and abundance in agricultural society.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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