(Desid. of √ dakṣ?) cl. 1. Ā. dīkṣate, [Dhātup. xvi, 8] (pf. didīkṣé; fut. dīkṣiṣyáte; aor. adidīkṣas and adīkṣiṣṭa, [Br.]; ind.p. dīkṣitvā, [ChUp.]) to consecrate or dedicate one's self (esp. for the performance of the Soma-sacrifice), [Br.]; [Up.]; [Pur.]; to dedicate one's self to a monastic order, [Buddh.] : Caus. dīkṣayati, °te, to consecrate, initiate, [TS.]; [Br.]; pf. didīkṣur, [TāṇḍyaBr. xxiv, 18]; to consecrate as a king, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; to make ready, prepare, [MBh.] : Desid. didīkṣiṣate, to wish to be consecrated, [AitBr. iv, 25.]