Dakkhineyya, Dakkhiṇeyya: 2 definitions
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Dakkhineyya means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarydakkhiṇeyya : (adj.) worthy of an offering.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryDakkhiṇeyya, (adj.-n.) (grd.-formation fr. dakkhiṇā as from a verb *dakṣiṇāti=pūjeti) one worthy of a dakkiṇā. The term is expl. at KhA 183, & also (with ref. to brahmanic usage) at Nd2 291;— S.I, 142, 168, 220; M.I, 37, 236 sq.; 446; A.I, 63, 150; II, 44; III, 134, 162, 248; IV, 13 sq.; D.III, 5; It.19 (annañ ca datvā bahuno dakkhiṇeyyesu dakkhiṇaṃ ... saggaṃ gacchanti dāyakā); Sn.227, 448 sq., 504, 529; Nd2 291 (as one of the 3 constituents of a successful sacrifice, viz. yañña the gift, phala the fruit of the gift, d. the recipient of the gift). Cp. I.105 (where also adj. to be given, of dāna). Pv IV.133; VvA.120, 155 (Ep. of the Saṅgha= ujubhūta); PvA.25, 125, 128, 262.
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.
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Starts with: Dakkhineyyaggi, Dakkhineyyakhetta, Dakkhineyyapuggala, Dakkhineyyasampatti, Dakkhineyyata.
Full-text: Dakkhineyyata, Dakkhineyyasampatti, Dakkhineyyakhetta, Dakkhineyyapuggala, Dakkhineyyaggi, Dakshineya, Dakshiniya, Subhuti, Uggatasarira, Puggala, Khetta, Yanna.
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Biography (13): Subhuti Mahāthera < [Chapter 43 - Forty-one Arahat-Mahatheras and their Respective Etadagga titles]
Part 5 - Biographies of Ankura Deva and Indaka Deva < [Chapter 24 - The Buddha’s Sixth Vassa at Mount Makula]
Part 2 - Story of King Pukkusāti < [Chapter 36 - The Buddha’s Height Measured by a Brahmin]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter VIII - The first Bhūmi < [Volume I]
Chapter XXVIII - The first Avalokita-sūtra < [Volume II]
Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
(3) Recollection of the Saṅgha < [Chapter VII - Six Recollections (Cha-anussati-niddesa)]
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)