Adakshinya, Adakṣiṇya: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Adakṣiṇya can be transliterated into English as Adaksinya or Adakshinya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adakṣiṇya (अदक्षिण्य).—a. Not deserving Dakṣiṇā.

See also (synonyms): adakṣiṇīya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Adakṣiṇya (अदक्षिण्य):—[from a-dakṣa] mfn. not fit to be used as a dakṣiṇā, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]

2) Adākṣiṇya (अदाक्षिण्य):—[=a-dākṣiṇya] n. incivility.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adakṣiṇya (अदक्षिण्य):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-yaḥ-yā-yam) The same as the preceding. E. a neg. and dakṣiṇya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Adakshinya in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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