A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Daksina
This page describes Daksina which is located on page 449 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Daksina” according to 115 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
English translation of verse 5. 9. 14: When Krishna and Balarama approached with folded hands to offer daksina, Their brahmana guru chose the return of his dead son as his dakshina....
Read full contents: Verse 5.9.14
Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra [by C. G. Kashikar]
One should dispose of that oblation, cook rice of four panfuls of paddy on the Dakshina fire in such a manner that the grains would remain intact, and present it to four Brahmanas. 7. One of the consumers of that rice should be one belonging to Bhrigu gotra. 8. If one cannot give the prescribed dakshina, he should give fertile land without standing crop. 9. The sacrifice of that sacrificer becomes singed, who performs a sacrifice without giving dakshina....
Read full contents: Prashna 9, Kandika 18
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari [by K. A. Subramania Iyer]
It is because the words (dakshina and uttara) have not the same meaning when they are in the masculine gender that they cannot take the masculine form (pumvadbhava). In this sense (of dik), the masculine gender (prasavah) is never expressed by the words. Commentary [That is why there cannot be assumption of the masculine form by the words dakshina and uttara when the suffix ‘atasuc (P. 5. 3. 28) is added to them. These two words have a masculine form also, but with a difference in meaning....
Read full contents: Verse 3.6.10
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