Dakshiniya, Dakṣiṇīya: 9 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Dakṣiṇīya can be transliterated into English as Daksiniya or Dakshiniya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dakṣiṇīya (दक्षिणीय).—a. Worthy of or deserving a sacrificial gift, such as a Brāhmaṇa or a sage; दक्षिणां देवी दक्षिण्यैः प्रतिग्राहयति (dakṣiṇāṃ devī dakṣiṇyaiḥ pratigrāhayati) M.5; दक्षिण्यदिष्टं कृतमार्त्विजीनैः (dakṣiṇyadiṣṭaṃ kṛtamārtvijīnaiḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.29.

See also (synonyms): dakṣiṇya.

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

Dakṣiṇīya (दक्षिणीय).—adj. (also °ṇeya, q.v.; = Pali dakkhiṇeyya), worthy of veneration, to be revered; orig. no doubt worthy of receiving a sacrificial or reverential (guru's) gift, a meaning which seems still alive in Lalitavistara 358.21 (verse) °yāś ca te loke āhutīnām pratigrahāḥ, na teṣu dakṣiṇā (noun, present) nyūnā…; but ordinarily simply venerable; very common in prose and verses: Lalitavistara 57.21; 84.20; 89.19, 20; 97.20; 223.9; 407.6; 429.5; Mahāvastu i.78.12; 89.15; 291.18; 301.16; ii.195.1; 214.4; 368.5; iii.155.6; 414.4; Mahāvyutpatti 6829; 9218 (here er- roneously dakṣaṇ° in text) = Tibetan sbyin gnas, worthy of gifts; Divyāvadāna 82.15; 229.10; Avadāna-śataka i.173.9; Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 139.7; Bodhisattvabhūmi 5.1; often emphasized by prefixing such words as mahā- Lalitavistara 425.6; Mahāvastu ii.300.4 (verse, maha-m.c.); Divyāvadāna 192.10; vara- Lalitavistara 354.15; Mahāvastu ii.336.13; eka- Divyāvadāna 132.22; 538.18; sad- bhūta- Divyāvadāna 133.12; 192.13; parama- Divyāvadāna 404.12; atulya- Sukhāvatīvyūha 22.6; °ya-tā, abstr., Jātakamālā 71.14.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dakṣiṇīya (दक्षिणीय).—mfn.

(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Meriting a reward. E. dakṣiṇa a present or reward, affix cha .

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

Dakṣiṇīya (दक्षिणीय).—i. e. dakṣiṇā + īya, adj. Worthy to be honored with presents, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 2780.

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

Dakṣiṇīya (दक्षिणीय).—[adjective] worthy of the sacrificial fee.

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

1) Dakṣiṇīya (दक्षिणीय):—[from dakṣiṇāhi > dakṣ] mfn. ([Pāṇini 5-1, 69]) = ṇya, [Atharva-veda viii, 10, 4; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa iii f.]; [Harivaṃśa; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Mālavikāgnimitra ii, 10/11]

2) [v.s. ...] venerable, [Lalita-vistara xxvi, 26; Kāraṇḍa-vyūha xxiii, 205 and 208 f.]

3) [v.s. ...] cf. a-.

4) Dākṣiṇīya (दाक्षिणीय):—[from dākṣiṇa] mfn. = dakṣiṇīya, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([varia lectio])

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

Dakṣiṇīya (दक्षिणीय):—[(yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a.] Meriting a reward, deserving.

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