Tyāgadhanam

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tyāgadhanam (T. གཏོང་བའི་ནོར་) is translated as "wealth of generousity," "jewel of generosity," etc. It is one of the seven riches. It refers to giving material things, etc., to another.[1]

The root term tyāga (T. གཏོང་བ) can mean: give[ing], generosity, charity, give, letting go, bestow, send, release, etc.[2]

See also: dana

Notes

  1. Internet-icon.svg གཏོང་བའི་ནོར་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
  2. Internet-icon.svg གཏོང་བའི་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary