padātar

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀤𑀸𑀢𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• पदातर् (Devanagari script)
• পদাতর্ (Bengali script)
• පදාතර් (Sinhalese script)
• ပဒါတရ် or ပၻႃတရ် (Burmese script)
• ปทาตรฺ or ปะทาตัร (Thai script)
• ᨷᨴᩤᨲᩁ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
• ປທາຕຣ຺ or ປະທາຕັຣ (Lao script)
• បទាតរ៑ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄘𑄂𑄖𑄢𑄴 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Possibly directly as pa- +‎ dātar, and possibly indirectly by compounding at the verbal level to give padadāti and padāti (“to bestow”) as pa- +‎ dadāti. The prefix intensifies the amount of giving.

Noun

padātar m

1. giver, bestower
   • 2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II)‎^[1], page 558:

     පුන ච පරං භන‍්තෙ, ඉමෙ ඉසිදත‍්තපුරාණා ථපතයො මමභත‍්තා
     මමයානා අහං නෙසං ජීවිතස‍්ස පදාතා යසස‍්ස ආහත‍්තා අථ ච පන
     නො තථා මයි නිපච‍්චාකාරං කරොන‍්ති යථා භගවති.

     Puna ca paraṃ bhante, ime isidattapurāṇā thapatayo mamabhattā
     mamayānā ahaṃ nesaṃ jīvitassa padātā yasassa āhattā atha ca pana
     no tathā mayi nipaccākāraṃ karonti yathā bhagavati.

     Furthermore, sir, these chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa share my meals and my carriages. I give them a livelihood and bring them renown. And yet they don’t show me the same level of devotion that they show to the Buddha.

2. distributor
3. spendthrift

Declension

Declension table of "padātar" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	padātā	padātāro or padātā
Accusative (second)	padātāraṃ or padātaraṃ	padātāro or padātāre
Instrumental (third)	padātarā or padātārā or padātunā	padātārehi or padātārebhi
Dative (fourth)	padātu or padātussa or padātuno	padātānaṃ or padātārānaṃ or padātūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	padātarā or padātārā or padātunā	padātārehi or padātārebhi
Genitive (sixth)	padātu or padātussa or padātuno	padātānaṃ or padātārānaṃ or padātūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	padātari	padātāresu or padātūsu
Vocative (calling)	padāta or padātā	padātāro or padātā

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “padātar”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead