Diksh, Dīkṣ: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dīkṣ can be transliterated into English as Diks or Diksh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDīkṣ (दीक्ष्).—1 Ā. (dīkṣate, dīkṣita)
1) To consecrate or prepare oneself for the performance of a sacred rite; दीक्षयस्व त्वमात्मानम् (dīkṣayasva tvamātmānam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 14.71.21; see दीक्षित (dīkṣita) below.
2) To dedicate oneself to.
3) To initiate or introduce a pupil.
4) To invest with the sacred thread.
5) To sacrifice.
6) To practise self-restraint.
7) To shave one's head, to be shaved.
8) caus. impel; induce तत्क्लमस्तमदिदीक्षत क्षणं तालवृन्तचलनाय नायकम् (tatklamastamadidīkṣata kṣaṇaṃ tālavṛntacalanāya nāyakam) N.18.12.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDīkṣ (दीक्ष्).—[dīkṣa] r. 1st cl. (dīkṣate) 1. To be shaved. 2. To perform a sacrifice. 3. To initiate. 4. To teach religious observances. 5. To be selfrestrained bhvā0 ā0 saka0 seṭ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDīkṣ (दीक्ष्).— (originally a desider. of dakṣ), i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] 1. To hallow one’s self, to prepare one’s self for a sacred act. 2. † To be shaved. † To perform a sacrifice. 4. † To initiate. 5. † To restrain one’s self. 6. † To declare a vow. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. dīkṣita, 1. Prepared for a sacrifice, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 360. 2. Initiated, Mahābhārata 13, 918. 3. Ready, Mahābhārata 2, 2514. [Causal.] dīkṣaya, 1. To initiate, [Parasmaipada.] and [Ātmanepada.], Mahābhārata 14, 2110; 2, 1247. 2. To determine, Mahābhārata 5, 5648.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDīkṣ (दीक्ष्).—dīkṣate [participle] dīkṣita (q.v.) be consecrated. [Causative] dīkṣayati, te consecrate. [Desiderative] didīkṣiṣate wish to be consecrated.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDīkṣ (दीक्ष्):—([Desiderative] of √dakṣ?) [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] dīkṣate, [Dhātupāṭha xvi, 8] ([perfect tense] didīkske; [future] dīkṣiṣyate; [Aorist] adidīkṣas and adīkṣiṣṭa, [Brāhmaṇa]; [indeclinable participle] dīkṣitvā, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad])
—to consecrate or dedicate one’s self ([especially] for the performance of the Soma-sacrifice), [Brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad; Purāṇa];
—to dedicate one’s self to a monastic order, [Buddhist literature] :—[Causal] dīkṣayati, te, to consecrate, initiate, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa];—[perfect tense] didīkṣur, [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa xxiv, 18];
—to consecrate as a king, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa];
—to make ready, prepare, [Mahābhārata] :—[Desiderative] didīkṣiṣate, to wish to be consecrated, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa iv, 25.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDīkṣ (दीक्ष्):—(ṅa) dīkṣati 1. a. To be shaved; to sacrifice; to initiate.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Dīkṣ (दीक्ष्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Dikkha.
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Starts with (+92): Diksa, Diksha-guru, Dikshabalapaddhati, Dikshabda, Dikshabheda, Dikshabhisheka, Dikshadarsha, Dikshadasharupakarika, Dikshadhikara, Dikshagrahana, Dikshahina, Dikshahutashana, Dikshak, Dikshaka, Dikshakarana, Dikshakarin, Dikshakarma, Dikshakrama, Dikshakramaratna, Dikshama.
Ends with: Abhidiksh, Abhyudiksh, Pratyudiksh, Samudiksh, Udiksh, Upadiksh.
Full-text (+41): Dikkha, Dikshana, Dikshitar, Diksa, Abhidiksh, Upadikshin, Dikshita, Upadiksh, Dikshapay, Dikshitatva, Diksharatna, Dikshaviveka, Dikshamahotsava, Dikshavidhi, Dikshakarin, Dikshitavedana, Dikshavidhana, Dikshasukta, Dikshapattra, Dikshapaddhati.
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