Dakshiniya, ٲṣiṇīy: 9 definitions
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryٲṣiṇīy (दक्षिणी�).�a. Worthy of or deserving a sacrificial gift, such as a Brāhmaṇa or a sage; दक्षिणां देवी दक्षिण्यैः प्रतिग्राहयत� (dakṣiṇāṃ devī 岹ṣiṇyi� pratigrāhayati) M.5; दक्षिण्यदिष्टं कृतमार्त्विजीनै� (岹ṣiṇydiṣṭa� kṛtamārtvijīnai�) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.29.
See also (synonyms): 岹ṣiṇy.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionaryٲṣiṇīy (दक्षिणी�).�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 pratigrahā�, na teṣu dakṣiṇ� (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; Ѳ屹ٳ i.78.12; 89.15; 291.18; 301.16; ii.195.1; 214.4; 368.5; iii.155.6; 414.4; Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 6829; 9218 (here er- roneously dakṣaṇ� in text) = Tibetan sbyin gnas, worthy of gifts; پ屹Բ 82.15; 229.10; Բ-śٲ첹 i.173.9; ܱṇadzٳٲūٰ 139.7; ǻٳٱū 5.1; often emphasized by prefixing such words as mahā- Lalitavistara 425.6; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.300.4 (verse, maha-m.c.); پ屹Բ 192.10; vara- Lalitavistara 354.15; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.336.13; eka- پ屹Բ 132.22; 538.18; sad- bhūta- پ屹Բ 133.12; 192.13; parama- پ屹Բ 404.12; atulya- ܰ屹īū 22.6; °ya-tā, abstr., ٲ첹 71.14.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryٲṣiṇīy (दक्षिणी�).—mfn.
(-ⲹ�--ⲹ�) Meriting a reward. E. 岹ṣiṇa a present or reward, affix cha .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryٲṣiṇīy (दक्षिणी�).—i. e. dakṣiṇ� + īya, adj. Worthy to be honored with presents, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 2780.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryٲṣiṇīy (दक्षिणी�).—[adjective] worthy of the sacrificial fee.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ٲṣiṇīy (दक्षिणी�):—[from dakṣiṇāhi > dak�] mfn. ([Pāṇini 5-1, 69]) = ṇy, [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) ṣiṇīy (दाक्षिणी�):—[from ṣiṇa] mfn. = 岹ṣiṇīy, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([varia lectio])
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryٲṣiṇīy (दक्षिणी�):—[(ya�-yā-ya�) a.] Meriting a reward, deserving.
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