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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.]
dakṣasदक्षस्dákṣas mfn. able, dexterous, [RV. i f.], [vi]; [viii, 13].
dakṣatदक्षत्dákṣat, dakṣi. See √ dah.
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.]
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.]
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.]
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
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.]
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.]
dakṣamakhamathanaदक्षमखमथनdakṣa—makha-mathana m., ‘destruction of D°'s sacrifice’, N. of [LiṅgaP. i, 99 f.]
dakṣayajñavidhvaṃsaदक्षयज्ञविध्वंसdakṣa—yajña—vidhvaṃsa m. = °kṣa-makha-manthana N. of [KūrmaP. i, 15]
dakṣayajñavināśinīदक्षयज्ञविनाशिनीdakṣa—yajña—vināśinī f. Durgā, [W.]
dakṣayajñaprabhañjanaदक्षयज्ञप्रभञ्जनdakṣa—yajña—prabhañjana m. ‘destroyer of D°'s sacrifice’, Śiva
dakṣayajñavidhvaṃsanaदक्षयज्ञविध्वंसनdakṣa—yajña—vidhvaṃsana n. N. of [PadmaP. i, 5] and [ŚivaP. ii, 11]