ḍātu | डातु | DAtu
1. ḍātu | डातु | m. layer, stratum, KātyŚr.; Kauś.
constituent part, ingredient (esp. [and in RV. only] ifc., where often = ‘fold’ e.g. tri-ḍā/tu | त्रि-डा/तु |, threefold &c.; cf. triviświ- | त्रिविश्wइ- |, sapta- | सप्त- |, su- | सु- |), RV.; TS.; ŚBr. &c.
element, primitive matter (= mahā-Būta | महा-Bऊत |, L.), MBh.; Hariv. &c. (usually reckoned as 5, viz. Ka | Kअ | or ākāṣa | आकाष |, anila | अनिल |, tejas | तेजस् |, jala | जल |, Bū | Bऊ |; to which is added brahma | ब्रह्म |, Yājñ. iii, 145; or vijẏāna | विज्य़ान |, Buddh.)
a constituent element or essential ingredient of the body (distinct from the 5 mentioned above and conceived either as 3 humours [called also dośa | दोश |] phlegm, wind and bile, BhP. [cf. purīśa | पुरीश |, māṃsa | मांस |, manas | मनस् |, ChUp. vi, 5, 1]; or as the 5 organs of sense, indriyāṛi | इन्द्रियाऋइ | [cf. s.v. and MBh. xii, 6842, where ṣrotra | ष्रोत्र |, ṅrāṛa | ङ्राऋअ |, āsya | आस्य |, hfdaya | ह्फ़्दय | and kośWa | कोश्Wअ | are mentioned as the 5 dh˚ of the human body born from the either] and the 5 properties of the elements perceived by them, ganḍa | गन्ड |, rasa | रस |, rūpa | रूप |, sparṣa | स्पर्ष | and ṣabda | षब्द |, L.; or the 7 fluids or secretions, chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow, semen, Suśr. [L. rasādi | रसादि | or rasa-raktādi | रस-रक्तादि |, of which sometimes 10 are given, the above 7 and hair, skin, sinews, BhP.])
primary element of the earth i.e. metal, mineral, ore (esp. a mineral of a red colour), Mn.; MBh. &c. element of words i.e. grammatical or verbal root or stem, Nir.; Prāt.; MBh. &c. (with the southern Buddhists ḍātu | डातु | means either the 6 elements [see above] Dharmas. xxv; or the 18 elementary spheres [ḍātu-loka | डातु-लोक |] ib. lviii; or the ashes of the body, relics, L. [cf. -garBa | -गर्Bअ |]).
a cause, Sukh. i.
2. ḍā/tu | डा/तु | mfn. (√ ḍe | डे |) to be sucked in or drunk (havis | हविस् |), RV. v, 44, 3
ḍā/tu | डा/तु | f. = ḍenu | डेनु |, milch cow, Lāṭy. vii, 5, 9.
3. ḍātu | डातु | n. (with rOhiṛa | र्Oहिऋअ |) N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr.
constituent part, ingredient (esp. [and in RV. only] ifc., where often = ‘fold’ e.g. tri-ḍā/tu | त्रि-डा/तु |, threefold &c.; cf. triviświ- | त्रिविश्wइ- |, sapta- | सप्त- |, su- | सु- |), RV.; TS.; ŚBr. &c.
element, primitive matter (= mahā-Būta | महा-Bऊत |, L.), MBh.; Hariv. &c. (usually reckoned as 5, viz. Ka | Kअ | or ākāṣa | आकाष |, anila | अनिल |, tejas | तेजस् |, jala | जल |, Bū | Bऊ |; to which is added brahma | ब्रह्म |, Yājñ. iii, 145; or vijẏāna | विज्य़ान |, Buddh.)
a constituent element or essential ingredient of the body (distinct from the 5 mentioned above and conceived either as 3 humours [called also dośa | दोश |] phlegm, wind and bile, BhP. [cf. purīśa | पुरीश |, māṃsa | मांस |, manas | मनस् |, ChUp. vi, 5, 1]; or as the 5 organs of sense, indriyāṛi | इन्द्रियाऋइ | [cf. s.v. and MBh. xii, 6842, where ṣrotra | ष्रोत्र |, ṅrāṛa | ङ्राऋअ |, āsya | आस्य |, hfdaya | ह्फ़्दय | and kośWa | कोश्Wअ | are mentioned as the 5 dh˚ of the human body born from the either] and the 5 properties of the elements perceived by them, ganḍa | गन्ड |, rasa | रस |, rūpa | रूप |, sparṣa | स्पर्ष | and ṣabda | षब्द |, L.; or the 7 fluids or secretions, chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow, semen, Suśr. [L. rasādi | रसादि | or rasa-raktādi | रस-रक्तादि |, of which sometimes 10 are given, the above 7 and hair, skin, sinews, BhP.])
primary element of the earth i.e. metal, mineral, ore (esp. a mineral of a red colour), Mn.; MBh. &c. element of words i.e. grammatical or verbal root or stem, Nir.; Prāt.; MBh. &c. (with the southern Buddhists ḍātu | डातु | means either the 6 elements [see above] Dharmas. xxv; or the 18 elementary spheres [ḍātu-loka | डातु-लोक |] ib. lviii; or the ashes of the body, relics, L. [cf. -garBa | -गर्Bअ |]).
a cause, Sukh. i.
2. ḍā/tu | डा/तु | mfn. (√ ḍe | डे |) to be sucked in or drunk (havis | हविस् |), RV. v, 44, 3
ḍā/tu | डा/तु | f. = ḍenu | डेनु |, milch cow, Lāṭy. vii, 5, 9.
3. ḍātu | डातु | n. (with rOhiṛa | र्Oहिऋअ |) N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr.