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dakṣदक्ष्cl. 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.]
dakṣāदक्षाdákṣā (ā), f. the earth, [L.]
dakṣaदक्षdákṣa mf(A)n. able, fit, adroit, expert, clever, dexterous, industrious, intelligent, [RV.] &c.
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]
dákṣa cf. a-tūrta-, diná-, samāná; su-dákṣa; mārga-dakṣaka; dākṣāyán.
[cf. δεξιός; Lat. dex-ter; Goth. taihsvs.]
dakṣiदक्षिm. pl. N. of a family, [Pravar. iii, 3.]
dakṣuदक्षुdákṣu mfn. burning, blazing, [RV. i f.]
dakṣasदक्षस्dákṣas mfn. able, dexterous, [RV. i f.], [vi]; [viii, 13].
dakṣatदक्षत्dákṣat, dakṣi. See √ dah.
dakṣusदक्षुस्da°kṣús mfn. burning, blazing, [RV. i f.]
dakṣāriदक्षारिm. ‘D°'s foe’, Śiva.
dakṣajāदक्षजाdakṣa—jā f. ‘D°'sdaughter’, Durgā, [L.]
pl. the Moon's wives, [HPariś. ii, 88]
dakṣatāदक्षताdakṣa—tā f. dexterity, ability, [Kām. v, 15]; [Sāh. iii, 51.]
dakṣiṇāदक्षिणाdákṣiṇā (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.]
(°ṇām ā-√ diś, ‘to thank’, [Divyāv. vii, 104]; Caus. ‘to earn thanks’, [i])
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.]
dakṣiṇaदक्षिणdákṣiṇa 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]
[cf. Lith. dészinê f. ‘the right hand’.]
dakṣiṇeदक्षिणेdákṣiṇe (e), loc. ind. on the right side, [Hemac.]
dakṣāṇḍaदक्षाण्डn. a hen's egg, [Bhpr. v, 30, 73]; [vii, 76, 219.]
dakṣāyyaदक्षाय्यdakṣā́yya mfn. to be satisfied by skill, [i f.], [vii].
dakṣasthaदक्षस्थdakṣa—stha mf(A)n. being (on the right i.e.) south, [Hcat. i, 3, 934.]
dakṣavṛdhदक्षवृध्dakṣa—vṛ́dh mfn. rejoicing in cleverness, [TS. iii, 5, 8.]
dakṣiṇācदक्षिणाच्m(acc. °RAYcam)fn. southward, [Kauś. 87.]
dakṣiṇātदक्षिणात्dákṣiṇāt (āt), abl. ind. from or on the right side, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 34]
dákṣiṇāt ind. from the south, southward, [ib.]
See °ṇa.
dakṣiṇaiḥदक्षिणैःdákṣiṇaiḥ (eis), instr. ind. to the right, [Kauś. 77];
dakṣiṇamदक्षिणम्dákṣiṇam (am), ind. to the right, [R. ii, 92, 13]
dakṣiṇitदक्षिणित्dakṣi°ṇít ind. with the right hand, [RV. v, 36, 4]
cf. pra-.
dakṣiṇyaदक्षिण्यdakṣi°ṇyà mfn. ([Pāṇ. v, 1, 69]) worthy of the sacrificial fee, fit for a sacrificial gift, [TBr. i, 3, 3]; [ii, 1]
cf. a-.
dakṣaśāpaदक्षशापdakṣa—śāpa m. ‘curse of D°’, N. of [PadmaP. iii, 33.]
dakṣapatiदक्षपतिdákṣa—pati (dákṣ°), m. lord of the faculties, [RV. i, 95, 6]
cf. [56, 2.]
dakṣapitṛदक्षपितृdákṣa—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.]
dakṣasutāदक्षसुताdakṣa—sutā (ā), f. a daughter of D°
pl. the Moon's wives, [Ragh. iii, 33.]
dakṣasutaदक्षसुतdakṣa—suta m. a son of D°, god (cf. -pitṛ), [R. v, 43, 14]
dakṣatātiदक्षतातिdákṣa—tāti (dákṣ°), f. id., [AV. viii, 1, 6.]
dakṣiṇāśāदक्षिणाशाf. ‘southern quarter’
dakṣiṇāhiदक्षिणाहिind. far to the right or in the south (of, abl. [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 29]), [v, 3, 37.]
dakṣiṇīkṛदक्षिणीकृdakṣi°ṇī-√ kṛ = °ṇena with √ kṛ, [BhP. iii, 24, 41] to give anything (acc.) as a sacrificial fee, [Bālar. ii, 23.]
dakṣiṇīyaदक्षिणीयdakṣi°ṇī́ya mfn. ([Pāṇ. v, 1, 69]) = °ṇyá, [AV. viii, 10, 4]; [ŚBr. iii f.]; [Hariv.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Mālav. ii, 10/11]
venerable, [Lalit. xxvi, 26]; [Kāraṇḍ. xxiii, 205] and [208 f.]
cf. a-.
dakṣiṇenaदक्षिणेनdákṣiṇena (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])
dakṣiṇetiदक्षिणेतिf. (= °ṇāyana) the sun's progress south of the equator, [Jyot. (YV) 9.]
dakṣādhvaraदक्षाध्वरm. = °kṣa-yajña
dakṣakanyāदक्षकन्याdakṣa—kanyā f. a daughter of [MBh. i]
Durgā, [L.]
dakṣakratuदक्षक्रतुdakṣa—kratú m.du. krátū-dákṣau, [TBr. i, 5]; [ĀśvGṛ.]
dákṣa—kratu mfn. able-minded, [VS. iv, 11]; [ŚBr. iii]
dakṣaputraदक्षपुत्रdakṣa—putra See -sāvarṇa.
dakṣasmṛtiदक्षस्मृतिdakṣa—smṛti f. N. of a law-book
dakṣayajñaदक्षयज्ञdakṣa—yajña m. Dakṣa's sacrifice
dakṣiṇābdhiदक्षिणाब्धिm. the southern ocean, [VP. v, 23, 2] (v.l. for °ṇāpatha).
dakṣiṇāgniदक्षिणाग्निdakṣiṇāgní m. the southern fire of the altar (= anvāhārya-pácana), [AV.]; [ĀśvŚr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [ChUp.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [VP. v, 34]; [BhP. iv.]
dakṣiṇāgraदक्षिणाग्रdakṣiṇā́gra mfn. having the points turned to the south, [ŚBr. xii]; [KātyŚr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Gobh.]; [MBh.]; [R.]
dakṣiṇārdhaदक्षिणार्धdakṣiṇārdhá m. the right or southern side, [TS.]; [TBr.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.]; [R.]
dakṣiṇārhaदक्षिणार्हdakṣiṇā°rha (°ṇā°) mfn. deserving the sacrificial fee, [L.]
dakṣiṇārusदक्षिणारुस्mfn. wounded on the right side, [L.]
dakṣiṇāsadदक्षिणासद्dakṣiṇā—sád See °ṇa-s°.
dakṣiṇātvaदक्षिणात्वdakṣiṇā—tvá n. the state of the sacrificial gift, [MaitrS. iv, 8, 3.]
dakṣiṇāvahदक्षिणावह्dakṣiṇā—váh mf(nom. -vA/w)n. being borne to the right of the fire (the ladle), [RV. iii, 6, 1.]
dakṣiṇāvatदक्षिणावत्dákṣiṇā—vat (dákṣ°), mfn. giving sacrificial presents, [RV.] (Indra, [iii], [vi], [ix]), [AV. xviii]
abounding in sacrificial re-wards (sacrifice), [ŚBr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [MBh.]
dakṣiṇāvṛtदक्षिणावृत्dakṣiṇā—vṛ́t mfn. turning or going round to the right, [i, 144, 1] (the ladle), [ŚBr. vi]-[viii]; [TBr. 1]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Kauś.]
dakṣiṇadaghदक्षिणदघ्dakṣiṇa—dagh See -sád.
dakṣiṇasthaदक्षिणस्थdakṣiṇa—stha m. ‘standing on the right of his master’, a charioteer, [L.]
dakṣiṇasadदक्षिणसद्dakṣiṇa—sád mfn. sitting on the right or southern side, [VS. xxxviii]
(°ṇā-s°) [ix, 35]
(°ṇa-dhak nom. fr. -dogh, [Lāṭy. v, 7, 3.])
dakṣiṇatasदक्षिणतस्dakṣiṇa—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])
dakṣiṇatrāदक्षिणत्राdakṣiṇa—trā́ ind. on the right side, [RV. vi, 18, 9.]
dakṣiṇatvaदक्षिणत्वdakṣiṇa—tva n. uprightness, honesty, [Hemac.]
dakṣiṇermaदक्षिणेर्मmfn. broken on the right side (a cart), [Pāṇ. v, 4, 126], [Kāś.]
dakṣaṇidhanaदक्षणिधनdakṣa—ṇidhana n. N. of a Sāman, [TāṇḍyaBr. xiv.]
dakṣajāpatiदक्षजापतिdakṣa—jā—pati m. ‘lord of Durgā’, Śiva, [W.]
= °kṣātmajā-p°, [L.]
dakṣamathanaदक्षमथनdakṣa—mathana m. ‘destroyer of D°’, Śiva, [Hcar. iii.]
dakṣanidhanaदक्षनिधनdakṣa—nidhana n. = nidh°.
dakṣasādhanaदक्षसाधनdakṣa—sā́dhana mfn. effective of cleverness, [RV. ix.]
dakṣavihitāदक्षविहिताdakṣa—vihitā f. (scil. gāthā) a song composed by D°, [Yājñ. iii, 114.]
dakṣiṇācāraदक्षिणाचारmfn. upright in conduct, [MBh. iv, 167]
= °rin
dakṣiṇācalaदक्षिणाचलm. ‘southern mountain’, the Malaya range, [L.]
dakṣiṇāgavīदक्षिणागवीdakṣiṇā—gavī f. pl. the cows given as a sacrificial fee, [ĀpŚr. xii, 19, 6], Sch.
dakṣiṇākālaदक्षिणाकालdakṣiṇā—kāla m. the time of receiving the sacrificial fee, [KātyŚr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
dakṣiṇālipiदक्षिणालिपिdakṣiṇā—lipi v.l. for °ṇa-l°.
dakṣiṇāmukhaदक्षिणामुखdakṣiṇā—mukha mf(I)n. standing with the face to the right or south, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Mn.]; [R.]
dakṣiṇāpathaदक्षिणापथdakṣiṇā—patha m. path of the Dakṣiṇā cow, (between the Śālā and the Sadas), [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [ĀśvŚr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Lāṭy.]
(°ṇa-saṃcara, [Vait.]) the southern region, Deccan, [MBh.]; [Hariv. 5289]; [VarBṛS.]; [Suśr.]; [BhP.]; [Kathās.]; [Vet.] : [Hit.]
See °ṇābdhi.
dakṣiṇāpadaदक्षिणापदdakṣiṇā—pada mf(I)n. having the feet towards the south, [Hir.]
dakṣiṇāparaदक्षिणापरmf(A)n. southwestern, [KātyŚr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [Kauś.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Āp.]
dakṣiṇārdhyaदक्षिणार्ध्यdakṣiṇārdhyà mfn. being on the right or southern side, [TS. ii], [vi]; [ŚBr.]
dakṣiṇātsadदक्षिणात्सद्dakṣiṇāt—sád mfn. sitting to the south, [MaitrS. ii, 6.]
dakṣiṇāyanaदक्षिणायनn. ‘southward way’, way to Yama's quarter, [MBh. xii, 996]
‘sun's progress south of the equator’, the winter half-year, [Gaut.]; [Mn. i, 67]; [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Pañcat.]; [BhP. v, 21, 3]
mfn. situated in the sun's winter course (as an asterism), [23, 5 f.]
dakṣiṇabhāgaदक्षिणभागdakṣiṇa—bhāga m. the southern hemisphere (°ṇa bh°, [i, 60, 20]), [W.]
dakṣiṇalipiदक्षिणलिपिdakṣiṇa—lipi f. the southern way of writing, [Lalit. x, 31.]
dakṣiṇarāḍhāदक्षिणराढाdakṣiṇa—rāḍhā f. southern Rāḍhā (in Bengal), [Prab. ii, 2/3] and [8/9.]
dakṣiṇermanदक्षिणेर्मन्mfn. ([126]) = °ṇālrus, [Bālar. vii, 11.]
dakṣiṇetaraदक्षिणेतरmfn. ‘other than right’, left, [Kum. iv, 19.]
dakṣasāvarṇaदक्षसावर्णdakṣa—sāvarṇa m. N. of the 9th Manu, [VP. iii, 2, 20]; -putra sāv° or simply -putra, [MārkP. xciv, 4] and [10.]
dakṣasāvarṇiदक्षसावर्णिdakṣa—sāvarṇi m. id., [BhP. viii, 13, 18.]
dakṣiṇāśirasदक्षिणाशिरस्dakṣiṇā—śiras mfn. having the head southwards, [KātyŚr. xxii, 6, 4] and [15]; [Gobh. iii, 10, 27.]
dakṣiṇāśroṇiदक्षिणाश्रोणिdakṣiṇā—śroṇi f. the right buttock, [KātyŚr. xvii, 8, 24.]
dakṣiṇābandhaदक्षिणाबन्धdakṣiṇā—bandha m. ‘bondage of ritual reward’, one of the 3 states of bondage (in Sāṃkhya phil.), [Tattvas.]
dakṣiṇācārinदक्षिणाचारिन्mfn. worshipping Śakti according to the right-hand ritual
dakṣiṇādvāraदक्षिणाद्वारdakṣiṇā—dvāra n. a door on the south, [MānGṛ. ii, 11]
dakṣiṇā—dvāra mfn. having a door on the south, [Kauś.]; [Gobh.]
dakṣiṇādvātaदक्षिणाद्वातdakṣi°ṇād-vātá m. the south wind, [7.]
dakṣiṇāmūrtiदक्षिणामूर्तिdakṣiṇā—mūrti m. a Tāntric form of Śiva
N. of a copyist of the 17th cent.
dakṣiṇāntikāदक्षिणान्तिकाf. N. of a metre.
dakṣiṇānyāyaदक्षिणान्यायdakṣiṇā—nyāya mfn. = °ṇato-ny°, [ŚāṅkhŚr. i, 1, 14.]
dakṣiṇāprāñcदक्षिणाप्राञ्च्dakṣiṇā—prāñc mfn. directed towards the south-east, ib.
dakṣiṇāraṇyaदक्षिणारण्यn. ‘southern forest’, N. of a forest, [Hit. i, 2, 0/1.]
dakṣiṇāvartaदक्षिणावर्तmfn. turning (from the left) to the right (a conch-shell, [Sāh.]; kuṇḍala, [BhP. v, 23, 5]; a fruit, [Bhpr. v, 1, 139.]; a woman's navel, [Subh.])
moving in the southern course (the sun), [MBh. vi, 5671]
m. a conch-shell opening to the right, [Divyāv. viii, 490.]
dakṣiṇāvṛttaदक्षिणावृत्तdakṣiṇā—vṛtta mfn. twisted from the left to the right, [Āp.]
dakṣiṇāyugyaदक्षिणायुग्यdakṣiṇā—yugyá m. the right yoke-horse, [ŚBr. v], [ix.]
dakṣiṇamārgaदक्षिणमार्गdakṣiṇa—mārga m. the southern course (of a planet), [VarYogay. iv, 49].