धान्यम् [धाने पोषणे साधु यत्] 1 Grain, corn, rice (for the distinction between सस्य, धान्य, तण्डुल and अन्न see under तण्डुल). सस्यं क्षेत्रगतं प्रोक्तं सतुषं धान्यमुच्यते. -2 Coriander. -3 A measure equal to four sesamum seeds. -Comp. -अचलः a pile of grain presented to Brhāmaṇas as a gift. -अरिः a mouse, rat. -अर्थः wealth in rice or grain. -अम्लम् sour gruel made of the fermentation of rice-water. -अस्थि n. husk, chaff. -उत्तमः the best of grain; i. e. rice. -कल्कम् 1 bran. -2 chaff, straw. -कोशः, -कोष्ठकम्, -कः a granary. -क्षेत्रम् a corn-field. -खलः threshing floor (Mar. खळें). -चमसः rice flattened by threshing after it has been steeped and fried in the husk. -चौरः a stealer of corn; धान्यचौरो$ङ्गहीनत्वम् Ms.11.5. -त्वच् f. the husk of corn. -धेनुः f. a heap of corn (like a cow, to be presented to a Brāhmaṇa); तमिदानीं प्रवक्ष्यामि धान्यधेनुविधिं परम् । यां दत्त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यः शशाङ्क इव राहुणा ॥ ......मुच्यते...... Varāha P. -पञ्चकम् the following grains; शालि, व्रीहि, शूक, शिखि and क्षुद्र धान्यs. -मायः a corn-dealer. -मानम् a measure of corn (as much corn as a man can eat at once). -मुष्टिः a handful of grain. -राजः barley. -वर्धनम् lending grain at interest, usury with grain. -वीजम् (बीजम्) coriander. -वीरः a sort of pulse (माष). -शीर्षकम् the ear of corn. -शूकम् the beard or awn of corn. -सारः threshed corn.
धान्या dhānyā धान्याकम् dhānyākam
धान्या धान्याकम् Coriander.
(neut.), A derivative from the preceding word, denotes ‘grain’ in general. It is found in the Rigveda and later. According to the Brhadāranyaka Upanisad, there are ten cultivated (grāmyāηi) kinds of grain : rice and barley (vrīhi- yavāh), sesamum and beans (tila-māsāh), Panicum Miliaceum and Italicum (aηu-priyciηgavah), maize (godhūmāh), lentils (masūrāh), Khalvāh and Dolichos uniflorus (khala-kulab). The horse is called ‘ corn-eating {dhānyādd) in the Aitareya and śatapatha Brāhmanas, and men are mentioned as * purifying corn ’ (dhānyā-krt) in the Rigveda.
noun (neuter) a kind of house (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a measure 4 sesamum seeds (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Cyperus Rotundus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
coriander (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
corn (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
grain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) dhānyāka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Coriandrum sativum Linn. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 565)
coriander (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) inferiority (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
non-superiority (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
subordination (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) one who has grain stored in jars sufficient for six days or (according to others) for one year's consumption (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) one who has grain stored in jars sufficient for six days or (according to others) for one year's consumption (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) Andropogon Saccharatus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Andropogon Sorgum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Holcus Sorgum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Sorghum vulgare Pers. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 563)
Sorgum Cernuum
Zea mays Linn. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 563) Frequency rank 35827/72933
noun (neuter) ascendency (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
predominance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
prevalence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
supremacy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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