Dakshinahi, Dakṣiṇāhi: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Dakṣiṇāhi can be transliterated into English as Daksinahi or Dakshinahi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dakṣiṇāhi (दक्षिणाहि).—ind.

1) Far on the right.

2) Far in the south, to the south of (with abl.); दक्षिणाहि ग्रामात् (dakṣiṇāhi grāmāt) Sk.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Dakṣiṇāhi (दक्षिणाहि).—(?) , adv. (Sanskrit Gr. only), on the right: so according to Lefm., in Lalitavistara 354.15 (verse) eṣa (all mss.; Lefm. eṣu) vara-dakṣiṇīyo utpātu dakṣiṇāhi, he (Buddha) is the best recipient of homage, a portent appearing on the right; but I am very doubtful of this. Text is metrically and other- wise dubious (also in next line). Tibetan omitted by Foucaux.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dakṣiṇāhi (दक्षिणाहि).—[adverb] far on the right or in the south of ([ablative]).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dakṣiṇāhi (दक्षिणाहि):—[from dakṣ] ind. far to the right or in the south (of, [ablative] [Pāṇini 2-3, 29]), [v, 3, 37.]

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Dakshinahi in German

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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.

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