# दायभाग (dāyabhāga)

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दायभाग (dāyabhāga) is a Sanskrit word meaning partition of inheritance, the name of a work, partition of heritage or apportioning inheritance, partition of heritage or inheritance, the title of a work, division of property among heirs. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Partition of inheritance/heritage, Name of a literary work/text.

- **SLP1:** `dAyaBAga`  **IAST:** dāyabhāga  **Devanagari:** दायभाग
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C4%81yabh%C4%81ga
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/dayabhaga/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Partition of inheritance/heritage (6 definitions)
- partition of inheritance  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 474,3] दाय (dāya) — भाग (—bhāga) m. partition of inheritance, Manu-smṛti (Title) ix, 103 [ ID=91408 ]
- Partition of heritage or apportioning inheritance  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दाय (dāya) भाग (bhāga) (dāyabhāga) [Printed book page 405 ] दाय (dāya) भाग (bhāga) (dāyabhāga) m. ( - गः (-gaḥ) ) Partition of heritage, apportioning inheritance, &c. E. दाय (dāya) heritage, and भाग (bhāga) a part or portion. [ ID=18831 ]
- Partition of heritage or inheritance  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दायभाग (dāyabhāga) [Printed book page 360-b ] दाय - भाग (dāya-bhāga) ( गः ) ((gaḥ)) 1. m. Partition of heritage or inheritance. [ ID=18302 ]
- division of property among heirs  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दायभाग (dāyabhāga) [Printed book page 330-13 ] दाय - भाग (dāya-bhāga) m. division of property among heirs, partition. [ ID=16747 ]
- Partition of heritage or apportioning inheritance  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दाय (dāya) भाग (bhāga) (dāyabhāga) [Printed book page 338-a ] दाय (dāya) भाग (bhāga) (dāyabhāga) m. ( - गः (-gaḥ) ) Partition of heritage, apportioning inheritance, &c. E. दाय (dāya) heritage, and भाग (bhāga) a part or portion. [ ID=18816 ]
- 1. Partition of inheritance. 2. The title of a work.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > दायभाग (dāyabhāga) [Printed book page 223 ] दायभाग (dāyabhāga) m. partition of inheritance, N. of a work. [ ID=13556 ]

### Name of a literary work/text (1 definition)
- the name of a work  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of wk. [ ID=91409 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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