Dakshinadeshana, Dakṣiṇādeśanā: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dakṣiṇādeśanā can be transliterated into English as Daksinadesana or Dakshinadeshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDakṣiṇādeśanā (दक्षिणादेशना).—(once °na; = dakṣiṇā-ādeś°), assign- ment (to someone other than the donor or performer) of the profit from gifts or works of merit (see s.v. ādiśati): Divyāvadāna 239.2—3 °nam (made by the recipient of alms-food) [Page261-a+ 71] api bhayagṛhīto 'śrutvā; Divyāvadāna 179.20 bhagavān dakṣi- nādeśanāṃ kṛtvā prakrāntaḥ; 190.9, similarly, °nāṃ kṛtvā prakrāntaḥ; when the subject is not the Buddha or other recipient of the gift, but the donor or performer of the virtuous action, the ger. of the caus. kārayitvā is used (as ādeśayati tends, tho not invariably, to replace ādiśati with dakṣiṇām in this case): Avadāna-śataka i.257.9 asmākaṃ nāmnā dakṣiṇādeśanāṃ kārayitvā; 264.11 pretyā nāmnā dakṣ°- nāṃ kārayām āsa, caused the profit to be assigned in the name of…
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dakṣiṇādeśana (दक्षिणादेशन):—[from dakṣiṇā > dakṣ] n. (ṇād) thanksgiving, [Divyāvadāna xviii, 200]
2) Dakṣiṇādeśanā (दक्षिणादेशना):—[=dakṣiṇā-deśanā] [from dakṣiṇādeśana > dakṣiṇā > dakṣ] f., [id., xiii, 247. ]
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Partial matches: Desana, Dakshina.
Full-text: Adisati, Maharddhika.
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