Dakkha: 6 definitions
Introduction:
Dakkha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Pali-English dictionary
dakkha : (adj.) clever; able; skilled; dexterous.
1) Dakkha, 2 (nt.) (dakkha1+ya, see dakkheyya) dexterity, ability, skill J.III, 466. (Page 311)
2) Dakkha, 1 (adj.) (Vedic dakṣa=Gr. a)ri-dei/ketos & deciόs; dakṣati to be able; to please, satisfy, cp. daśasyati to honour, denom. fr. *dasa=Lat. decus honour, skill. All to *dek in Lat. decet to be fit, proper, etc. On var. theories of connections of root see Walde, Lat. Wtb. under decet. It may be that *deks is an intens. formation fr. *diś to point (see disati), then the original meaning would be “pointing, ” i.e. the hand used for pointing. For further etym. see dakkhiṇa) dexterous, skilled, handy, able, clever D.I, 45, 74, 78; III, 190 (+analasa) M.I, 119; III, 2; S.I, 65; Nd2 141 (+analasa & sampajāna); J.III, 247; DA.I, 217 (=cheka); Miln.344 (rūpadakkhā those who are of “fit” appearance). (Page 311)
[Pali to Burmese]
1) dakkha—
(Burmese text): (၁) အမှုကိစ္စ၌-လိမ္မာ-ကျွမ်းကျင်-သော။ (က) အမှုကိစ္စ၌- သိမ်မွေ့-နူးညံ့-နူးနပ်-ပြေပြစ်-ညင်သာ-သော။ (ခ) အမှု ကိစ္စ၌- ပိုင်းခြားဝေဖန်နိုင်-တိကျပြတ်သား-သော။ (ဂ)အမှုကိစ္စ၌-သိမြင်-ပြုစွမ်းနိုင်-သော။ (ဃ) အမှုကိစ္စ၌-ကောင်းစွာလေ့ကျင့်-ကျင့်သားရ-ပြီးသော၊ သူ၊ ၈-၉ လည်းကြည့်ပါ။ (၂) အမှုကိစ္စ၌-မပျင်းမရိ-လုံ့လရှိ-သော၊ သူ။ (၃) အမှုကိုစ္စ၌-လျင်မြန်-ဖြတ်လတ်-သွက်လက်-ချက်ခြာ-သော၊ သူ။ (၄) အမှုကိစ္စ၌-ပြောင်မြောက်-ထင်ရှား-ကျော်ကြား-သော၊ သူ။ (၅) ကြီးပွား-တိုးတက်ကြောင်း-ဖြစ်သော။ (၆) သင်ယူအပ်သော (အတတ်-စသည်)။ (ပု) (၇) ဒက္ခအမည်ရှိသော (ရသေ့-စသည်)။ (န) (၈) လိမ်မာ-ကျွမ်းကျင်-နိုင်နင်း-ခြင်း။ (၉) မပျင်းမရိ-လုံ့လရှိ-ခြင်း။ (တိ) (၁၀) စပျစ်ပင်၊ သပြက်ပင်၊ မုဒရက်ပင်။ `တိ` စွမ်းနိုင်-သင့်တော်-တတ်မြောက်-ကျွမ်းကျင်-လိမ္မာ-ကျင်လည်-လက်မြောက်-တော်မှန်-အသင့်ရှိ-သေချာ-သတိရှိ-ရိုးသား-ဖြောင့်မတ်-နူးညံ့-သိမ်မွေ့-သော။ `ပု`ထင်ရှားသော ဗြဟ္မာ၏ အမည်၊ ကြက်ဖ၊မီး၊ရသေ့အထူး၊သစ်ပင်အထူး၊ သိဝနတ်၏ ဂုဏ်ပုဒ်၊စွမ်းရည်သတ္တိ၊ဗိဿနိုးနတ်၏ ဂုဏ်ပုဒ်၊လုံ့လ၊သိဝ၏နွား။ `ထီ`မြေကြီး၊ဂင်္ဂါမြစ်၏ ဂုဏ်ပုဒ်၊အသဝဏီ-စသော နက္ခတ်၊ P.S.D.၊ကောတ္ထုဘ၊ စိန္တာမဏိ၊ ထောမ၊ ဝါစပ္ပတိ၊ ဖျတ်လတ်လျင်မြန် ပညာဥာဏ်ရှိသူ၊ အမရသျ။ မြောက်ဘက်ဘုံဗိမာန်၏အရှင်၊ဣန္ဒြ၏ ခြေလျင်စစ်တပ်၌-အကြီးအကဲ-စစ်သေနာပတိ-နာယက-ဗိုလ်ချုပ်၊ အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ၊ ဓာန်။ ဒေါင့်ကွင်းလည်း ပြန်ကြည့်ပါ။ ဒက္ခိဏဿ-လည်းကြည့်။ ဒက္ခိ-ကြည့်။ မူရင်းကြည့်ပါ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) In the case - skilled - proficient. (a) In the case - smooth - gentle - soft - clean - clear. (b) In the case - can distinguish and criticize - accurately and distinctly. (c) In the case - can know and perform. (d) In the case - well-trained - well-prepared, also consider 8-9. (2) In the case - not sluggish, not tired - capable. (3) In the case - quick - decisive - energetic - resolute. (4) In the case - bright - prominent - renowned. (5) Growing - developing. (6) Those who are learning (skills, etc.). (7) Those having the name Dakka (special abilities, etc.). (8) Skillful - proficient - capable of overcoming. (9) Not lazy, not weary - capable. (10) Grapevine, mulberry tree, moringa tree. The capable - suitable - skilled - proficient - adept - agile - leading - rightful authority - competent - careful - mindful - honest - straightforward - gentle - smooth. The well-known name of Brahma, cock, fire, special abilities, special trees, praise of the deity Thiva, qualities of capability, praise of the deity Visva, strength, Thiva's cow. The great earth, the Ganges river's praise, astrological matters such as Atavani, P.S.D., Kotha Bah, Sinta Mani, Thama, Vasappati, one who possesses quick-witted intelligence, Amara. The lord of the northern celestial mansion, the chief of the military forces in the army of Indra - chief commander. Also look back at Daung Kwin. Check the south as well. See the Dakka. Look at the original.
2) dakkha—
(Burmese text): ရှုလော့။ ဒက္ခတိ-၁-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Look. Attend to section 1.
Dakkha (in Pali) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 勤 [qín]: “strive”.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Dakkha (दक्ख) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Dṛś.
2) Dakkha (दक्ख) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Darśa.
3) Dakkha (दक्ख) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Dakṣa.
4) Dakkhā (दक्खा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Drākṣā.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Hi, Kha, Dala, Disha, A, Tala.
Starts with (+3): Dakkhabhava, Dakkhaka, Dakkhakammaraputtasuparikammakata, Dakkhakammaraputtaukkamukhasukusalasampahattha, Dakkhakaru, Dakkhama, Dakkhamana, Dakkhami, Dakkhana, Dakkhanta, Dakkhanti, Dakkhantu, Dakkhapita, Dakkhasi, Dakkhassu, Dakkhata, Dakkhatha, Dakkhati, Dakkhava, Dakkhavia.
Full-text (+5): Disha, Uddisha, Upadisha, Padakkhina, Dakkhata, Dakkhaka, Rupadakkha, Dakkhi, Dakkhana, Patipassa, Uddisahi, Vipassa, Dakkhabhava, Duddakkha, Draksha, Daksha, Dakkhita, Lohapasadaparikkhepa, Darsha, Dakkheyya.
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