Dinakshaya, Dinakṣaya, Dina-kshaya: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dinakṣaya can be transliterated into English as Dinaksaya or Dinakshaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarydinakṣaya (दिनक्षय).—m (S) That day or space in which a tithi begins and ends without one sunrising.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDinakṣaya (दिनक्षय).—evening.
Derivable forms: dinakṣayaḥ (दिनक्षयः).
Dinakṣaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dina and kṣaya (क्षय). See also (synonyms): dinapāta.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDinakṣaya (दिनक्षय).—m. evening, Kām. Nītis. 7, 57.
Dinakṣaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dina and kṣaya (क्षय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDinakṣaya (दिनक्षय).—[masculine] evening (end of day).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dinakṣaya (दिनक्षय):—[=dina-kṣaya] [from dina] m. ‘day-decline’, evening, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]
2) [v.s. ...] = tithi-, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi i, 3]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a [chapter] of [Purāṇa-sarvasva]
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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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Partial matches: Kshaya, Dina, Tiṇa.
Full-text: Nyunaha, Dinapata, Kshayaha, Tithikshaya.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 153 - The Greatness of Ādityeśvara (āditya-īśvara-tīrtha) < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 146 - The Greatness of Asmāhaka Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 12 - Kubera’s Boon and Dhruva’s Attainment of Viṣṇu’s Realm < [Book 4 - Fourth Skandha]
Chapter 14 - The Duties of a householder < [Book 7 - Seventh Skandha]
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 7 - Religion of the Purāṇas < [Chapter 3 - General Characteristics of the Purāṇic Religion and its Link with the Vedic Tradition]