Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.216

v1.c3.s18.216

2. Dāna (‘distribution’)¹ seems in several passages of the Rigveda² to be a designation of the sacrificial feast to which the god is invited (cf. δαίς, δαίτρη). In one passage³ Sāyaṇa thinks that it denotes the mada-jalāni, ‘drops of water falling from the temples of a rutting elephant,’⁴ but this is doubtful. In another passage⁵ Roth thinks that ‘pasture land’ is meant.