cāga: 'liberality', is one of the 'blessings' (s. sampadā), 'foundations' (s. adhiṭṭhāna), 'recollections' (s. anussati), 'treasures' (s. dhana ).
cāga : [m.] gift; abandoning; giving up; generosity.
Cāga [from cajati, to give up, Vedic tyaj. Cp. Sk. tyāga] (a) abandoning, giving up, renunciation Vin i.10; S iii.13, 26, 158; M i.486; A i.299. More freq. as: (b) liberality, generosity, munificence (n.) generous, munificent (adj.): sīlasampanno saddho purisapuggalo sabbe maccharino loke cāgena atirocati "he who is virtuous & religious excels all stingy people in generosity" A iii.34. In freq. combns e. g. sacca dama dhiti c. Sn 188=S i.215; sacca dama c. khanti Sn 189= S i.215; mutta˚ (adj.) liberal, munificent, S v.351=392. ˚paribhāvita citta "a heart bent on giving" S v.309. In this sense cāga forms one of the (3, 4, 5 or 7) noble treasures of a man (cp. the Catholic treasure of grace & see ˚dhana below), viz. (as 5) saddhā, sīla, suta, cāga, paññā (faith, virtue, right knowledge, liberality, wisdom) S i.232; A i.210; iii.80=S iv.250; M iii.99; D iii.164, 165; cp. A i.152=iii.44; (as 4: the last minus suta) S v.395; A ii.62 (sama˚); (as 3) saddhā, sīla, cāga J ii.112; (as 7) ajjhesanā, tapo, sīla, sacca, cāga, sati, mati J ii.327; cp. śīla -- śruta -- tyāga Itm 311. -- PvA 30, 120; Sdhp 214, 323. See also anussati & anussarati.
-- âdhiṭṭhāna the resolution of generosity, as one of the 4: paññā˚, sacca˚, c˚., upasama˚ D iii.229; -- ânussati generosity A i.30; v.331; D iii.250, 280; Vism 197; -- kathā talk about munificence A iii.181; -- dhana the treasure of the good gift, as one of the 7 riches or blessings, the ariyadhanāni, viz. saddhā, sīla, hiri, ottappa, suta, c., paññā D iii.163, 251,; A iv.5; VvA 113; as one of 5 (see above) A iii.53; -- sampadā (& sampanna) the blessing of (or blessed with) the virtue of munificence A i.62; ii.66; iii.53; iv.221, etc.
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