cl. 1. P. (Impv. 2. pl. dákṣatā) to act to the satisfaction of (dat. [Nir. i, 7]), [RV. vii]; Ā. dákṣate (p. dákṣamāṇa; pf. dadakṣe) to be able or strong, [16, 6]; [AV. i f.]; [ŚBr. ii], [iv]; to grow, increase, [Dhātup. xvi, 7]; to act quickly, [ib.]; to go, [xix, 8]; to hurt, [ib.] : Caus. dakṣáyati (aor. adadakṣat), to make able or strong, [ŚBr. ii], [iv], [viii], [xi.]
strong, heightening or strengthening the intellectual faculties (Soma), [ix f.]
passable (the Ganges), [MBh. xiii, 1844]
suitable, [BhP. iv, 6, 44]; [Bhartṛ. iii, 64]
right (opposed to left), [RāmatUp. i, 22]; [Phetk. i]
dákṣa m. ability, fitness, mental power, talent (cf. -kratú), strength of will, energy, disposition, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]
evil disposition, [RV. iv, 3, 13]; [x, 139, 6]
a particular form of temple, [Hcat. ii, 1, 390]
a general lover, [W.]
a cock, [Car. i], [vi]
N. of a plant, [L.]
fire, [L.]
Śiva's bull, [L.]
N. of an Āditya (identified with Prajā-pati, [TS. iii]; [ŚBr. ii]; father of Kṛttikā, [Śāntik.]), [RV. i f.], [x]; [Nir. ii], [xi]
N. of one of the Prajā-patis ([MBh. xii, 7534]; [Hariv.]; [VP. i, 7, 5] and [22, 4]; [BhP. iii, 12, 22]; [MatsyaP. cvl, 15]; [KūrmaP.] &c., [Śak. vii, 27]; born from Brahmā's right thumb, [MBh. i], [xii]; [Hariv.] &c.; or from A-ja, ‘the unborn’, [BhP. iv, 1, 47]; or son of Pra-cetas or of the of 10 Pra-cetasas, whence called Prācetasa, [MBh. i], [xii f.]; [Hariv. 101]; [VP. i, 15]; father of 24 daughters by Pra-sūti, [VP. i, 7, 17 ff.]; [BhP.] &c.; of 50 [or 60 [MBh. xii, 6136]; [R. iii, 20, 10]; or 44 [Hariv. 11521 ff.]] daughters of whom 27 become the Moon's wives, forming the lunar asterisms, and 13 [or 17 [BhP.]; or 8 [R.]] those of Kaśyapa, becoming by this latter the mothers of gods, demons, men, and animals, while 10 are married to Dharma, [Mn. ix, 128 f.]; [MBh. i], [ix]; [xii, 7537 ff.]; [Hariv.]; [VP.] &c.; celebrating a great sacrifice [hence dakṣa syáyana, ‘N. of a sacrifice’, [Mn. vi, 10]] to obtain a son, he omitted, with the disapproval of Dadhīca, to invite Śiva, who ordered Vīra-bhadra to spoil the sacrifice, [Hariv. 12212] [identified with Viṣṇu] ff.; [VāyuP. i, 30], = [BrahmaP. i]; [LiṅgaP.]; [MatsyaP. xiii]; [VāmP. ii]-[v]; [ŚivaP. i, 8]; [KāśīKh. lxxxvii ff.]; named among the Viśve-devās, [Hariv. 11542]; [VāyuP.]; [Bṛhasp.] [[Hcat.]] &c.)
N. of a son of Garuḍa, [MBh. v, 3597]
of a man with the patr. Pārvati, [ŚBr. ii, 4, 4, 6]
of a law-giver, [Yājñ. i, 5]; [Mn. ix, 88], Sch. &c.
of a son of Uśī-nara, [BhP. ix, 23, 2]
of one of the 5 Kānyakubja Brāhmans from whom the Bengal Brāhmansare said to have sprung, [Kṣitīś. i, 13] and [41]
dákṣiṇā (ā), f. (scil. go), ‘able to calve and give milk’, a prolific cow, good milch-cow, [RV.]; [AV.]
a fee or present to the officiating priest (consisting originally of a cow, cf. [KātyŚr. xv]; [Lāṭy. viii, 1, 2]), [RV.] &c.
Donation to the priest (personified along with Brahmaṇas-pati, Indra, and Soma, [i, 18, 5]; [x, 103, 8]; authoress of [x, 107]; [RAnukr.]; wife of Sacrifice [[Ragh. i, 31]; [BhP. ii, 7, 21]], both being children of Ruci and Ākūti, [iv, 1, 4 f.]; [VP. i, 7, 18 f.])
reward, [RV. viii, 24, 21]
(offered to the Guru), [MBh. v]; [Ragh. v, 20]; [Kathās. iv, 93 f.]
a gift, donation (cf. abhaya-, prāṇa-), [Mn. iii]; [R. ii]
(scil. diś) the south, Deccan, [L.]
a figure of Durgā having the right side prominent, [W.]
completion of any rite (pra-tiṣṭhā), [L.]
f. of °ṇa, q.v.
dakṣiṇā́ ind. (old. instr.) on the right or south ([Pāṇ. v, 3, 36]), on the right side of or southward from (abl.: [ii, 3, 29]), [RV. ii, 27, 11]; [x, 17, 9]; [AV.] (also dákṣ°), [VS.]; [TBr.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [ChUp.]; [Kauś.]
dákṣiṇa mf(A)n. (also °ṇá, [ŚBr.]) (declined as a pron. when denoting relative position [‘right’ or ‘southern’] [KātyŚr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.] &c.; cf. [Pāṇ. i, 1, 34]; [vii, 1, 16]; but not necessarily in abl. and loc. sg. m. n. [°ṇe, [KātyŚr.]; [Mn. ii, 63]] and nom. pl. m.; except, [Hariv. 12390]) able, clever, dexterous, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 34], [Kāś.]; [Śatr.] (ifc.)
right (not left), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c. (°ṇaṃ parī, ‘to walk round a person with the right side towards him’, [BhP. iv, 12, 25]; °ṇaṃ√ kṛ, ‘to place any one on the right side as a mark of respect’, [i], [viii])
south, southern (as being on the right side of a person looking eastward), situated to the south, turned or directed southward, [AV.]; [VS.] &c.
coming from south (wind), [Suśr.]; [Ragh. iv, 8]
(with āmnāya) the southern sacred text (of the Tāntrikas), [Kulārṇ. iii]
straightforward, candid, sincere, pleasing, compliant, [MBh. iv, 167]; [R.]; [Śak. iv, 18]; [Sāh. iii, 35]; [Pratāpar.]; [BrahmaP.]
dákṣiṇa m. the right (hand or arm), [RV. i], [viii], [x]; [TS. v]
the horse on the right side of the pole of a carriage, [i], [x]; [VS. ix, 8]
Śiva
dákṣiṇa m. or n. the south, [Nal. ix, 23]; [R. iv]
dákṣiṇa n. the right-hand or higher doctrine of the Śāktas, [Kulārṇ. ii]
dákṣa—pitṛ (dákṣ°), m. ‘id.’ or ‘having D° as father’ (Mitra & Varuṇa, the gods &c.), vi-viii (du. °tarā pl. °taras), [VS.]; [TS. i, 2] (pl. °tāras), [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
dákṣiṇena (ena), instr. ind. on the right or south ([35]), on the right side of or southward from (acc.; [ii, 3, 31]), [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c. (with √ kṛ, to place or leave on the right, [BhP. v, 21, 8])
dakṣiṇa—tás ind. ([Pāṇ. v, 3, 28]) from the right or south, on the right side or southward from (gen.), [RV.] &c. (with √ as or bhū, ‘to stand at the right side of, assist’, [viii, 100, 2]; [x, 83, 7]; [AV. xviii] ; with √ kṛ = °ṇena with √ kṛ, [BhP. v, 23, 1]; with purástāt or °ras, south-east, [ŚBr. xiii]; [MBh. ii])