Daksh, Dakṣ: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dakṣ can be transliterated into English as Daks or Daksh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDakṣ (दक्ष्).—1 Ā. (dakṣate)
1) To grow, increase.
2) To do, go or act quickly.
3) To hurt, kill.
4) To act conformably to another (P.).
5) To be competent or able; सुशंसो यश्च दक्षते (suśaṃso yaśca dakṣate) Ṛgveda 7.16.6.
6) To go, move. -Caus.
1) To gladden; किंनु चित्रमधिवेदि भूपतिर्दक्षयन्द्विजगणान- पूयत (kiṃnu citramadhivedi bhūpatirdakṣayandvijagaṇāna- pūyata) Śiśupālavadha 14.35.
2) To make able or strong.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDakṣ (दक्ष्).—[dakṣa] r. 1st cl. (dakṣate) 1. To grow or increase. 2. To dispatch, to expedite, to do quickly. 3. To go, to move. 4. To hurt or kill. bhvā-ā-aka-seṭ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDakṣ (दक्ष्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] ved. To act in a satisfying manner. [Ātmanepada.] 1. To be strong, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 101, 15 (read dak- ṣatc) = [Rigveda.] vii. 16, 6, ved. 2. † To increase. 3. To act quickly. 4. To go or move. 5. † To hurt.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDakṣ (दक्ष्).—dakṣati dakṣate A. satisfy, please ([dative]); [Middle] be able or strong. [Causative] dakṣayati make able or strong.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDakṣ (दक्ष्):—[class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ([imperative] 2. [plural] dakṣatā) to act to the satisfaction of ([dative case] [Nirukta, by Yāska i, 7]), [Ṛg-veda vii];—[Ātmanepada] dakṣate (p. dakṣamāṇa; [perfect tense] dadakṣe)
—to be able or strong, [16, 6; Atharva-veda i f.; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa ii, iv];
—to grow, increase, [Dhātupāṭha xvi, 7];
—to act quickly, [ib.];
—to go, [xix, 8];
—to hurt, [ib.] :—[Causal] dakṣayati ([Aorist] adadakṣa), to make able or strong, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa ii, iv, viii, xi.]
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryDaksh in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) efficient, expert; ~[ta] efficiency, expertness..—daksh (दक्ष) is alternatively transliterated as Dakṣa.
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Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryDaksh is another spelling for दक्ष [dakṣa].—adj. 1. able; competent; clever; skillful; 2. fit; suitable; 3. ready; careful; prompt;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with (+411): Daksha, Daksha-janashakti, Dakshabhaga, Dakshabhagasthita, Dakshabrahma, Dakshacarana, Dakshadhvara, Dakshadhvaradhvamsaka, Dakshadhvaradhvamsakrit, Dakshadhvaradhvamsana, Dakshaja, Dakshajapati, Dakshaka, Dakshakanda, Dakshakanya, Dakshakhanda, Dakshakratu, Dakshakratudhvamsin, Dakshamakha, Dakshamakhamathana.
Ends with: Adaksh, Mandaksh, Sudaksh.
Full-text (+151): Daksha, Dakshatati, Dakshinajyotis, Rishyamuka, Dakshapati, Dakshinadeshana, Dakshanidhana, Dakshinasha, Dakshadhvara, Dakshinasamcara, Dakshinatva, Dakshinadagh, Dakshaputra, Dakshayajna, Dakshinottarayama, Dakshinadvata, Dakshari, Dakshinakaparda, Dakshinalipi, Dakshinantika.
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A comparative study between Buddhism and Nyaya (by Roberta Pamio)
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