Dakshayani, Dākṣāyaṇī, Dākṣāyaṇi, Dākṣāyaṇin, Dakshayanin: 20 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Dākṣāyaṇī and Dākṣāyaṇi and Dākṣāyaṇin can be transliterated into English as Daksayani or Dakshayani or Daksayanin or Dakshayanin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Dākṣāyaṇi (दाक्षायणि).—Daughter of Dakṣa. This name is generally used for all the daughters of Dakṣa. Occasionally this name is used for the grand daughters of Dakṣa also.
Dākṣāyaṇī (दाक्षायणी) is another of Satī (daughter of Dakṣa), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.29. Accordingly as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] Then inciting the fury of Dakṣa further, she said to Viṣṇu and all other Devas and sages unhesitatingly.. Satī said:—‘[...] I am the offspring of your race as the bull-bannered lord Śiva has often said. Hence naturally my name has come to be Dākṣāyaṇī. This is distressing to me’”.
1a) Dākṣāyaṇi (दाक्षायणि).—A son of Dāruka, an avatār of the Lord.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 23. 196.
1b) The previous avatār of Umā; stars regarded as her daughters;1 a daughter of Dakṣa;2 became Hiṃavān's daughter by worshipping Śiva.3
- 1) Matsya-purāṇa 13. 10; 128. 50; 199. 20.
- 2) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa I. 1. 59.
- 3) Ib. III. 7. 472; IV. 11. 2-5.
Dākṣāyaṇī (दाक्षायणी).—The daughter of Dakṣa, Dākṣāyaṇī, i.e. future Pārvatī, arrives alone to the ceremony where her father is performing a sacrifice for which neither she nor her husband Śiva are invited. Although his daughter is married to Śiva, Dakṣa did not have any regard towards his son-in-law for the reason that he is not rich. In spite of the absence of invitation, when she arrives alone to the spot of the sacrificial ceremonies, her father and others insult her. Unable to withstand their insults, she goes near the sacrificial fire altar and jumps in it.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Dākṣāyaṇī (दाक्षायणी) is depicted as a sculpture on the tenth pillar of the southern half of the maṇḍapa of the temple of Lokeśvara.—There are three panels on the square portion of the pillar besides one on the medallion. In the uppermost panel there are decorative motifs. The sacrifice by Dakṣa and his daughter Dākṣāyaṇī committing satī, falling in the fire, is the main theme of the central panel.
The story goes from right to left. Dākṣāyaṇī, on Nandin, the bull, arrives alone at the spot where all the gods are assembled for the sacrifice. The main deities are sitting in the centre while others are standing and one of them (to the right) is in a kind of vajrāṣana with folded hands. At the extreme left of the panel is a lady sitting. From the hairstyle and other attires it looks like Dākṣāyaṇī (Pārvati) with her yogic power preparing to jump in the fire. Immediately in the next scene we notice a female figure in the midst of flames. That is Dākṣāyaṇī in the fire engulfed by the flames. Another name of Dākṣāyaṇī is Satī.
The lowest of all panels has images of dwarfs in dance postures. It seems to be a succession of dance poses continuing from one façade to the following façade. On the north and the south façades are male figures whereas in the east and west are females.
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Dākṣāyaṇī (दाक्षायणी) or Dākṣāyaṇīrasa is the name of an Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 3, atisāra: diarrhoea). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, since it is an ayurveda treatment it should be taken with caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.
Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., dākṣāyaṇī-rasa): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (viṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.” (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Dākshāyani (दाक्षायणी): Dākshāyani is the Goddess of marital felicity and longevity; she is worshipped particularly by ladies to seek the long life of their husbands. An aspect of Devi, Dākshāyani is the consort of Shiva. Other names for Dākshāyani include Gaurī, Umā, Satī, Aparnā, Lalithā, Sivakāmini.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Dākṣāyaṇin (दाक्षायणिन्).—m. A Brāhmaṇa student wearing gold ear-rings. दाक्षायणी ब्रह्मसूत्री वेणुमान् सकमण्डलुः (dākṣāyaṇī brahmasūtrī veṇumān sakamaṇḍaluḥ) Y.1.133.
Dākṣāyaṇī (दाक्षायणी).—[dakṣasyāpatyaṃ strī iñi phak-ṅīp]
1) Any one of the 27 lunar mansions (they being mythologically regarded as so many daughters of Dakṣa).
2) Name of Diti, wife of Kasyapa and mother of the demons. Bhāgavata 8.4.22.
3) Name of Pārvatī.
4) The lunar constellation called Revatī.
5) Name of Kadru or Vinatā.
6) Name of Aditi, mother of the gods.
7) The Dantī plant.
Dākṣāyaṇin (दाक्षायणिन्).—mfn. (-ṇī-ṇinī-ṇi) Having gold. m. (-ṇī) A Brahman student, wearing gold ear rings. E. dākṣāyaṇa, and ini aff.
Dākṣāyaṇin (दाक्षायणिन्).—i. e. dākṣāyaṇa + in, adj., f. nī, Wearing gold ornaments, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 133.
1) Dākṣāyaṇī (दाक्षायणी):—[from dākṣāyaṇa > dākṣa] f. Name of any daughter of D° (Aditi, Diti, Kadrū etc.), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc. ([plural] the 27 lunar mansions considered as daughters of D° and wives of the Moon, among whom Rohiṇī is the favourite, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])
2) [v.s. ...] Croton Polyandrum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
1) Dākṣāyaṇin (दाक्षायणिन्):—[from dākṣa] mfn. wearing golden ornaments, [Yājñavalkya i, 133]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a Brāhman student, [Horace H. Wilson]
Dākṣāyaṇin (दाक्षायणिन्):—[(ṇī-ṇinī-ṇi) a.] Wearing gold ornaments.
Dākṣāyaṇin (दाक्षायणिन्):—(von dākṣāyaṇa 4, b) adj. goldenen Schmuck tragend [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 133.]
Dākṣāyaṇi (दाक्षायणि):—(patron. von dākṣāyaṇa) m. Nomen proprium eines Muni [Oxforder Handschriften 53,a,36] (dālmāyaṇi gedr., dākṣā im Ind.).
Dākṣāyaṇi (दाक्षायणि):—m. Patron. von dākṣāyaṇa.
Dākṣāyaṇin (दाक्षायणिन्):—Adj. einen goldenen Schmuck tragend.
Dākṣāyaṇī (दाक्षायणी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Dakkhāyaṇī.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Dākṣāyaṇi (ದಾಕ್ಷಾಯಣಿ):—
1) [noun] Pārvati, wife of Śiva.
2) [noun] any of the twenty seven birth stars, which are suppsed to rule the destiny of all human beings.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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