सदका sadkā

P صدقه ṣadqa (for A. صدقة ṣadaqat, v.n. fr. صدق; see ṣidq), s.m. An alms; a gift, donation; a propitiatory offering, a sacrifice (to avert misfortune, or sickness, &c.); a person or thing devoted; — devotion (to); favour, grace, kindness: — ṣadqe utārnā, v.t. To draw off or away (an evil spirit) by a sacrifice (or by walking round the person, repeating an incantation, &c.): — ṣadqe jānā (-par), To become, or to offer oneself, as a sacrifice for the welfare, &c. (of another); to move round (a person) by way of exhibiting devotion, or affection, or reverence (for him or her): — ṣadqe denā or ṣadqe karnā, v.t. To sacrifice (a thing, or oneself, for, -par, the welfare of another); to devote oneself (for, -par): — ṣadqe or ṣadqe-wārī, My life is devoted to you; my life for you: — ṣadqe honā, v.n. = ṣadqe jānā, q.v.