Pradakshinya, Prādakṣiṇya: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Prādakṣiṇya can be transliterated into English as Pradaksinya or Pradakshinya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryprādakṣiṇya (प्रादक्षिण्य).—n S (Popularly pradakṣiṇā) A circumambulation of an object (esp. of an idol or a Brahman by way of reverence), keeping the right side towards it.
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 dictionaryPrādakṣiṇya (प्रादक्षिण्य).—Going round a person or object from left to right keeping the right side towards the object circumambulated; प्रादक्षिण्यं चिकीर्षन्तः पृथिव्या योगधर्मिणः (prādakṣiṇyaṃ cikīrṣantaḥ pṛthivyā yogadharmiṇaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 17.1.46.
Derivable forms: prādakṣiṇyam (प्रादक्षिण्यम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrādakṣiṇya (प्रादक्षिण्य).—n.
(-ṇyaṃ) Circumambulation. E. pradakṣiṇa and ṣyañ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrādakṣiṇya (प्रादक्षिण्य).—[neuter] circumambulation from the left to the right.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Prādakṣiṇya (प्रादक्षिण्य):—[=prā-dakṣiṇya] [from prā] a n. ([from] -dakṣiṇa) circumambulation while keeping one’s right side towards an object, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] respectful behaviour, [Caraka]
3) b prādānika etc. See under 3. prā, p.702.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrādakṣiṇya (प्रादक्षिण्य):—(ṇyaṃ) 1. n. Circumambulation.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Prādakṣiṇya (प्रादक्षिण्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pāyakkhiṇṇa, Pāyāhiṇa.
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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: Dakshinya, Pra.
Full-text: Payahina, Payakkhinna.
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