dākṣiṇya

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[apte] a. [dakṣiṇasya bhāvaḥ ṣyañ] Re- lating to a sacrificial gift. --ṇyaṃ 1 (a) Politeness, civility, courtesy; tasya dākṣiṇyarūḍhena nāmnā magadhavaṃśajā R. 1. 31. (b) Kindness; V. 1. 2; Bh. 2. 22; Māl. 1. 8. --2 Insincere or over- courteous conduct of a lover (towards his beloved); Ś. 6. 4; it is thus defined: --dākṣiṇyaṃ ceṣṭayā vācā paracittānuvartanam. --3 The state of re- lating to or coming from the south;...

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a. [dakṣiṇasya bhāvaḥ ṣyañ] Re- lating to a sacrificial gift. --ṇyaṃ 1 (a) Politeness, civility, courtesy; tasya dākṣiṇyarūḍhena nāmnā magadhavaṃśajā R. 1. 31. (b) Kindness; V. 1....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

36

Texts Appeared In

18

DCS: a kind of rice

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Buddhacarita 6 16.7%
2. Kāmasūtra 4 11.1%
3. Garuḍapurāṇa 3 8.3%
4. Rāmāyaṇa 3 8.3%
5. Āryāsaptaśatī 2 5.6%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: dākṣiṇye

  na saubhāgye na dākṣiṇye na jñāne buddhiniścaye

• Carakasaṃhitā surface: dākṣiṇya

  kulamāhātmyadākṣiṇyaśīlaśaucasamanvitāḥ

• Hitopadeśa surface: dākṣiṇyaṃ

  dākṣiṇyaṃ cānuraktiś ca satyatā ca suhṛdguṇāḥ