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dakṣiṇā

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.]

(°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.]